snip
noun/snɪp/
/snɪp/
- [countable] an act of cutting something with scissors; the sound that this makes
- Make a series of small snips along the edge of the fabric.
- Snip, snip, went the scissors.
- snips[plural] a tool like large scissors, used for cutting metal
- a snip[singular] (British English, informal) a thing that is cheap and good value synonym bargain
- It's a snip at only £25.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin.
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