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: a white or light mark
especially : a white spot between the nostrils of a horse
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: a presumptuous or impertinent person
especially : an impertinent or saucy girl
snipped; snipping
: to cut or cut off with or as if with shears or scissors
snipped the stray threads
specifically : to clip suddenly or by bits
: to make a short quick cut with or as if with shears or scissors
snipper noun
Examples of snip in a Sentence
Noun cleared out the snips of paper that had been clogging the machine that antique urn that we bought at London's Portobello Road Market was a real snip Verb He snipped some fresh herbs from plants on the windowsill. snipping pictures out of magazines She snipped at the hanging strings.
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Steve Bender, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026 Use a clean and sharp cutting tool like snips or a knife to cut the keiki from the flower spike. —Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2026
Bo Evans, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films. —Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snip
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Noun
For metal containers, like those above, drill drainage holes in the bottoms and three holes in the front of each container, and then use tin snips to cut out triangular openings that are large enough to fit one plant. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026 Use a clean and sharp cutting tool like snips or a knife to cut the keiki from the flower spike. —Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
With every petal peeled and stem snipped, Phoebe Rupp, Maddie Cofer and Ava Sudbeck are assembling their masterpieces. —Bo Evans, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films. —Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snip
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“Snip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/snip. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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