snip Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
    snippet; snipping.
  2. noun the act of clipping or snipping
    clipping; clip.
  3. verb sever or remove by pinching or snipping
    nip; nip off; snip off; clip.
    • nip off the flowers
  4. verb cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    trim; prune; clip; cut back; crop; lop; dress.
    • dress the plants in the garden

WordNet

Snip transitive verb
Etymology
D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Snipped ; present participle & verbal noun Snipping
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. Fuller.
    The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share. De Foe.
Snip noun
Definitions
  1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. Shak.
  2. A small shred; a bit cut off. Wiseman.
  3. A share; a snack. Obs. L'Estrange
  4. A tailor. Slang Nares. C. Kingsley.
  5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.

Webster 1913