snipverb [ I or T ]
uk/snɪp/us/snɪp/-pp-to cut something with scissors, usually with small, quick cuts:
Have you seen the scissors? I want to snip off this loose thread.
I snipped out the article and gave it to her.
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Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- coppice
- cut sth down
- laceration
- lance
- mow
- nick
- notch
- saw sth down
- scratch
- slash
- slice
- spike
- trim
- whittle
- woodcarving
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snipnoun
uk/snɪp/us/snɪp/snip noun (CUT)
[ C ] a quick, short cut with scissors:
Give it a snip with the scissors.
the snip UK informal humorous
a vasectomy
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- coppice
- cut sth down
- laceration
- lance
- mow
- nick
- notch
- saw sth down
- scratch
- slash
- slice
- spike
- trim
- whittle
- woodcarving
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Medical treatment: surgery
snip noun (CHEAP PRODUCT)
[ S ] UK informal a product that is being sold cheaply, for less than you would expect:
The sunglasses are now available in major stores, a snip at £12 a pair.
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Costing little or no money
- bargain
- bargain bin
- cheap rate
- cheaply
- cut-price
- downscale
- economy-size
- knock-down
- low-cost
- low-rent
- mass market
- mates' rate
- nothing
- offer
- reasonably
- something
- song
- steal
- tacky
- there's no such thing as a free lunch idiom
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