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snip / snip/ • v. (snipped, snip·ping) [tr.] cut (something) with scissors or shears, typically with small quick strokes: she snipped layers into the hair around her face | [intr.] she inspected the embroidery, snipping at loose threads. • n. 1. an act of cutting something in such a way: he took a snip at a dandelion on the grass. ∎  a small piece of something that has been cut off: the collage consists of snips of wallpaper.2. inf. a small or insignificant person: imagine that little snip telling me I was wrong!3. (snips) hand shears, esp. for cutting metal: use tin snips.

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