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   snip

   /snɪp/

   verb

   • 1. cut (something) with scissors or shears, typically with small quick strokes: "she was snipping a few dead heads off the roses" Similar cutclipcut intoslitnickgashnotchincisesnickcut offsnip offtrim (off)clipprunehack offchop offsaw offlop (off)dockcropseverseparatedetachremovetake off

   noun

   • 1. an act of snipping something: "he took a snip at a dandelion on the grass" Similar cutcliptrimslitnickgashnotchincisionsnick
   • ▪ a small piece of something that has been snipped off: "the collage consists of snips of wallpaper" Similar scrapcuttingshredstripribbonragsnippetremnantfragmentsliversplinterchipbittiny bitpiecetiny piecespeckcrumbspotfleckwisp
   • ▪ a vasectomy: informal British "about 6,000 men get the snip every year, and numbers are increasing"
   • 2. a surprisingly cheap item; a bargain: "the wine is a snip at £3.65" Similar bargaingood buycheap buy(good) value for moneysurprisingly cheapinformal:giveawaystealOpposite rip-off
   • ▪ a thing that is easily achieved. dated Similar easy taskeasy jobchild's playfive-finger exercisegiftwalkovernothingsinecuregravy traininformal:doddlewalk in the parkpiece of cakepicnicmoney for old ropemoney for jamcinchbreezesitterkids' stuffcushy job/numberdosscakewalkpushoverduck soupsnapbludgesnacka piece of old tackievulgar slang:a piece of piss
   • 3. shears for cutting metal: "tin snips"
   • 4. a small or insignificant person: informal North American "imagine that little snip telling me I was wrong!"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin.

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