to snip off
1snip off — verb sever or remove by pinching or snipping nip off the flowers • Syn: ↑nip, ↑nip off, ↑clip, ↑snip • Derivationally related forms: ↑snip (for: ↑s …
2snip something off — ˌsnip sthˈoff derived to remove sth by cutting it with scissors in short quick strokes • Snip off the end of the tube. • She snipped several inches off his hair. Main entry: ↑snipderived …
3snip — 1. verb 1) an usher snipped our tickets Syn: cut, clip, slit, nick, notch 2) snip off the faded flowers Syn: cut off, trim (off), clip, prune, chop off, lop (off) …
4snip — /snip/, v., snipped, snipping, 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 by cutting in this manner: to snip a rose. v.i. 3. to cut with… …
5Snip — Snip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snipping}.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.] To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.… …
6Snip — Snip, n. 1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A small shred; a bit cut off. Wiseman. [1913 Webster] 3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] L Estrange [1913 Webster] 4. A tailor. [Slang] Nares. C. Kingsley. [1913… …
7snip — [snip] vt. snipped, snipping [Du snippen, akin to SNAP] 1. to cut with scissors or shears in a short, quick stroke or strokes 2. to remove by or as by such cutting vi. to make a short, quick cut or cuts n. 1. a small cut made with scissors, etc …
8snip|pet — «SNIHP iht», noun. 1. a small piece snipped off; bit; scrap; fragment: »That is a poor snippet of malicious gossip (Robert Louis Stevenson). A narrow band runs low around the hips; below this is a mere snippet of a flounced skirt (New York Times) …
9snip — ► VERB (snipped, snipping) ▪ cut with small, quick strokes with scissors or shears. ► NOUN 1) an act of snipping. 2) a small piece that has been cut off. 3) Brit. informal a bargain. 4) informal a thing that is e …
10snip — snip1 [snıp] v past tense and past participle snipped present participle snipping [I and T] to cut something by making quick cuts with scissors ▪ I snipped the string and untied the parcel. snip sth off (=remove it by snipping) ▪ Snip the ends of …
