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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snip  \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 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snip  \Snip\,  n. 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snip 
  n  1:  a  small  piece  of  anything  (especially  a  piece  that  has  been 
  snipped  off)  [syn:  {snippet},  {snipping}] 
  2:  the  act  of  clipping  or  snipping  [syn:  {clip},  {clipping}] 
  v  1:  sever  or  remove  by  pinching  of  snipping;  "nip  off  the 
  flowers"  [syn:  {nip},  {nip  off},  {clip},  {snip  off}] 
  2:  cut  back  the  growth  of  of  bushes  and  trees  [syn:  {clip},  {crop}, 
  {trim},  {lop},  {dress},  {prune},  {cut  back}]




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