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snip
/snɪp/
verb 5noun 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
little, little, right
VERB + SNIP
attached, damage, oughta, potted, put, scraped, wants
SNIP + NOUN
balls, ivy, mullet, scissors, snout
PREP.
from, in, off, off, with
Definitions
verb
1
To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.
2
To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
3
To break off; to snatch away.
The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores […] but I snipt […]some of it for my own share.
4
To circumcise.
Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped.
His children, however, were not snipped, possibly because Princess Diana was opposed to the practice, which is out of fashion in England.
5
To perform a vasectomy.
noun
1
The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
2
A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
3
A small amount of something; a pinch.
4
A piece cut out by snipping.
It was true about the fanmaking; the table and floor were littered with snips of paper.
5
Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.
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The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores […] but I snipt […]some of it for my own share.
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Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers an
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It was true about the fanmaking; the table and floor were littered with snips of paper.
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That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.
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'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!'
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