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snip

 
Noun snip has 2 senses
  1. snip, snippet, snipping - a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
    --1 is a kind of piece
    Derived forms: verb snip2, verb snip1
  2. clip, clipping, snip - the act of clipping or snipping
    --2 is a kind of cut, cutting, cutting off
    Derived forms: verb snip2, verb snip1
Verb snip has 2 senses
  1. nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
    --1 is one way to cut
    Derived forms: noun snip2, noun snip1, noun snipping1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
    --2 is one way to thin out
    Derived forms: noun snip1, noun snip2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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