snip

snip

 (snĭp)

v. snipped, snip·ping, snips

v.tr.

To cut, clip, or separate (something) with short, quick strokes.

v.intr.

To cut or clip with short, quick strokes.

n.

1. An instance of snipping or the sound produced by snipping.

2.

a. A small cut made with scissors or shears.

b. A small piece cut or clipped off.

c. A bit or scrap: snips of information about the merger.

3. Informal

a. One that is small or slight in size or stature.

b. A person regarded as impertinent or mischievous.

4. snips(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Hand shears used in cutting sheet metal.

5. Slang Something easily accomplished.

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[Dutch or Low German snippen.]

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snip

(snɪp)

vb, snips, snipping or snipped

to cut or clip with a small quick stroke or a succession of small quick strokes, esp with scissors or shears

n

1. the act of snipping

2. the sound of scissors or shears closing

3. Also called: snipping a small piece of anything, esp one that has been snipped off

4. a small cut made by snipping

5. chiefly Brit an informal word for bargain

6. informal something easily done; cinch

7. informal US and Canadian a small or insignificant person or thing, esp an irritating or insolent one

interj

(often reiterated) a representation of the sound of scissors or shears closing

[C16: from Low German, Dutch snippen; related to Middle High German snipfen to snap the fingers]

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snip

(snɪp)

v. snipped, snip•ping,
n. v.t.

1. to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.

2. to remove or cut off (something) by or as if by cutting in this manner: to snip a rose.

v.i.

3. to cut with small, quick strokes.

n.

4. the act of snipping, as with scissors.

5. a small cut made by snipping.

6. a small piece snipped off.

7. any small piece; bit.

8. Informal.

a. a small or insignificant person.

b. a presumptuous or impertinent person.

[1550–60; orig. uncertain; compare Dutch, Low German snippen to snip, catch, clip]

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snip

Past participle: snipped
Gerund: snipping

Imperative

snip

snip

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	snip - a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) snippet, snipping piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"
	2.	snip - the act of clipping or snipping clipping, clip cutting off, cutting, cut - the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" pinch - a small sharp bite or snip
Verb	1.	snip - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" clip, nip off, snip off, nip cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	2.	snip - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" prune, lop, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" pollard, poll - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" pinch, top - cut the top off; "top trees and bushes" disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers

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snip

verb

1. cut, nick, clip, crop, trim, dock, notch, nip off He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper.

noun

1. (Informal, chiefly Brit.) bargain, steal (informal), good buy, giveaway a snip at £74.25

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Translations

شَرْوَةٌ رَخيصَهقُصاصَهقُصاصه من الوَرَق أو الثِّيابيَقُصُّ بِحِدَّةٍ وسُرْعَه

odstřižkystřihnutíustřihnoutvýhodná koupě

et godt købklipklippe

GelegenheitskaufSchnipselschnipselnSchnitt

jó üzletlemetszett darablenyisszantásnyisszant

afklippakjarakaupklippaòaî aî klippa

affareritagliotagliare

čekštelėjimasčekštelėtisandorisskiautė

atgriezumigrieziensgrieztizdevīgs pirkumsšņāpiens

avklipt stykke

вырезать

odstrižokstrihnutievýhodná kúpa

kelepirkesmekkırpıntıparça

剪剪下的小片剪断廉价

snip

[snɪp]

A. N

1. (= cut) → tijeretada f; (= action, noise) → tijereteo m
to have the snip → esterilizarse

2. (= small piece) → recorte m

3. (Brit) (= bargain) → ganga f

B. VT → tijeretear
to snip sth off → cortar algo con tijeras

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

snip

[ˈsnɪp]

n

(= cut) (with scissors) → petit coup m
a snip of the scissors → un petit coup de ciseaux

(= bargain) → bonne affaire f
The ring was a snip at twenty-five pounds → La bague était une bonne affaire, elle ne coûtait que vingt-cinq livres.

the snip (= vasectomy) → une vasectomie
to have the snip → se faire faire une vasectomie
He's had the snip → Il s'est fait faire une vasectomie.

vt → couper

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

snip

n

(= cut, cutting action) → Schnitt m; (= sound) → Schnipsen nt no pl, → Klappern nt no pl

(of cloth) → Stück nt; (of paper) → Schnipsel m, → Schnippel m or nt (inf); (from newspaper) → Ausschnitt m

(esp Brit inf: = bargain) → Geschäft nt, → günstiger Kauf; at only £2 it’s a real snip → für nur £ 2 ist es unheimlich günstig

(US inf: = insignificant person) → Würstchen nt (pej inf)

vt → schnippeln (inf); to snip something off → etw abschnippeln (inf)

vi to snip at → schnippeln an (+dat) (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

snip

[snɪp]

1. n (cut) → taglio; (small piece) → ritaglio (Brit) (fam) (bargain) → affare m, occasione f
with a snip of the scissors → con un colpo di forbici

2. vt → tagliare
to snip sth off → tagliare via qc

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

snip

(snip) – past tense, past participle snipped – verb

to cut sharply, especially with a single quick action, with scissors etc. I snipped off two inches of thread. afknip يَقُصُّ بِحِدَّةٍ وسُرْعَه клъцвам cortar ustřihnout schnipseln klippe ψαλιδίζω, κόβω με το ψαλίδι tijeretear (kääridega) lõikama با قیچی بریدن nipsauttaa couper לִגזוֹר कतरना, तराशना, काटना strići, rezati škarama nyisszant memotong klippa tagliare ちょきんと切る 싹둑 자르다 (at)kirpti, čekštelėti griezt (ar šķērēm) memotong knippenklippe, knipe ciachnąć, odciąć غوڅول، پرې كول څپره. درز: سكښتنه: (چې غوڅه شوى وي)، خرچ (لكه ادبياتي ږغ cortar a tăia (cu foarfecele) отрезать odstrihnúť odrezati odrezati klippa, knipsa ตัดหรือเล็มด้วยกรรไกร kesmek 剪斷 різати قطع کرنا cắt bằng kéo 剪断

noun

1. a cut with scissors. With a snip of her scissors she cut a hole in the cloth. knip قُصاصه من الوَرَق أو الثِّياب клъцване corte střihnutí der Schnitt klip ψαλίδισμα tijeretada (kääri)lõige برش nipsautus petit coup de ciseaux גזירה करतन, तराश, काट rez škarama (le)nyisszantás potongan það að klippa taglio, sforbiciata, colpo ひと切り 한 번의 가위질 čekštelėjimas grieziens; šņāpiens potongan knipklipp ciachnięcie برش corte tăietură de foarfece разрез strihnutie urez rezanje klipp การตัดหรือเล็มด้วยกรรไกร parça 剪 надріз قینچی کی کاٹ sự cắt bằng kéo 剪

2. a small piece cut off. The floor was covered in snips of paper. stukkie, knipsel قُصاصَه парче(нце) tira odstřižky der Schnipsel afklippet stykke κομματάκιrecorte tükk قطع pala petit bout רסיס कतरन ostrižak, izrezak lemetszett darab guntingan afklippa ritaglio, pezzetto 切れ端 자른 작은 조각 skiautė atgriezumi guntingan snipperavklipp, avklipt stykke skrawek قطع tira bucăţică tăiată обрезок ústrižok odrezek izrezani komad avklippt bit ชิ้นส่วนเล็ก ๆ ที่ถูกตัด kırpıntı (剪下的)小片 відрізок; шматок کٹا ہوا پارچہ miếng cắt ra （剪下的）小片

3. a bargain. It's a snip at $3! winskopie شَرْوَةٌ رَخيصَه сделка pechincha výhodná koupě der Gelegenheitskauf et godt køb ευκαιρίαganga soodne kaup جنس ارزان löytö bonne affaireמציאה सौदे की वस्तु prilika jó üzlet harga murah kjarakaup affarone バーゲン品 떨이, 염가판매 sandoris izdevīgs pirkums jualan murah koopjegodt kjøp, god forretning okazja ارزان pechincha выгодная покупка výhodná kúpa dobra kupčija džabaluk kap, fynd การต่อรอง kelepir 廉價 вигідна покупка سستے داموں حاصل món hời 廉价

ˈsnippet (-pit) noun

a little piece, especially of information, gossip etc. a snippet of news. brokkie قُصاصَه отрязък pedaço úryvek Bruchstücke stump κομματάκιrecorte, trocito, fragmento jupp, katke خلاصه خبر palanen petit bout/fragment קטע टुकड़े malen izrezak, odlomak, izvadak töredék kepingan glefsa frammento, 断片 (정보, 소문 등의) 단편 nuotrupa (informācijas, baumu) drumsla; kripata coretan snipperbruddstykke strzęp د خبرونه لندیز pedaço frag­ment обрывок, кусочек ústrižok; trochu, štipka drobec komadić fragment, lösryckt stycke ข่าวชิ้นเล็ก ๆ ufak parça; kısa bir bölüm (消息等)摘錄 клаптик; уривки مختصر معلومات mảnh vụn, miếng nhỏ cắt ra （消息等）摘录

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