Snip
noun
A small piece cut off something.
She took a snip from the piece of cloth for her collection.
Often appears as...
- snip of hair
- snip of paper
verb
To cut something quickly and carelessly.
He snipped the extra threads off the shirt.
Often appears as...
- snip off
- snip away
noun
A quick, sharp, cutting action or sound.
There was a snip and the ribbon was cut.
Often appears as...
- snip of scissors
- quick snip
noun
A cut made by snipping.
All it needed was a little snip to fit perfectly.
Often appears as...
- little snip
- quick snip
noun
A person who is small or insignificant.
He dismissed the new member as a snip.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A bargain or a very good deal.
The car was a snip at such a low price.
Usage tips
Approving
Colloquial
noun
A small piece cut off something.
She took a snip from the piece of cloth for her collection.
Often appears as...
- snip of hair
- snip of paper
verb
To cut something quickly and carelessly.
He snipped the extra threads off the shirt.
Often appears as...
- snip off
- snip away
noun
A quick, sharp, cutting action or sound.
There was a snip and the ribbon was cut.
Often appears as...
- snip of scissors
- quick snip
noun
A cut made by snipping.
All it needed was a little snip to fit perfectly.
Often appears as...
- little snip
- quick snip
noun
A person who is small or insignificant.
He dismissed the new member as a snip.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A bargain or a very good deal.
The car was a snip at such a low price.
Usage tips
Approving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Tangibility
Used for tangible items that can be physically cut and held.
Can you give me a snip of the ribbon?
Pro Tip 2/2Collection Use
Often used when collecting samples or pieces of different materials.
She saved a snip of each fabric from her sewing projects.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Tangibility
Used for tangible items that can be physically cut and held.
Can you give me a snip of the ribbon?
Pro Tip 2/2Collection Use
Often used when collecting samples or pieces of different materials.
She saved a snip of each fabric from her sewing projects.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Tangibility
Used for tangible items that can be physically cut and held.
Can you give me a snip of the ribbon?
Pro Tip 2/2Collection Use
Often used when collecting samples or pieces of different materials.
She saved a snip of each fabric from her sewing projects.
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How to make discoveries...
they focused on what they call snips and then look for patterns in this data to find useful insight well that's nice from an academic viewpoint what's a real world example it's a great company that's done some serious work in the area of breast cancer turn a patient as chemotherapy or not traditional wisdom
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
called snip and i much prefer that name but we're going to stick with half tail which isn't quite accurate but we'll stick with it is giving us a glorious view of his mane let's take a closer look at that mean it is fabulous and you can even see although we're in ir right now we're using our infrared
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Learning from dirty jobs...
He snips it, throws the tip over his shoulder, and then grabs the scrotum and pushes it upward, and then his head dips down, obscuring my view. But what I hear is a slurping sound, and a noise that sounds like Velcro being yanked off a sticky wall, and I am not even kidding.
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Ocean Census PIPE National...
organisms as I did as child I can do that now with these technologies in in deep water environments ropos is a well equipped robot with tools that vacuum snip and dig into the ocean floor so what we're trying to do is to sample the seafloor using various coring devices
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The case of the missing...
Now, it's not often that I surprise myself, but my own two mitts had created something crazy, and new. "Very good. Now, show me a shape with finite area, but an infinitely long perimeter." "Let me get this straight. If I want to make a snip in the border of this shape,
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The Brain Science (and...
and they would play with my hair more and talk to me about different hairstyles and haircuts I could get. And I even enjoyed the gentle sound of the scissors -- snip, snip, snip -- right next to my ears. I enjoyed it so much and I was so deeply relaxed
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How Koalas Breed PIPE...
well it's not too much science it's basically just flipping some spam from the Nile and getting in between em so you're the awful person at the crucial moment snips in there absolutely the koalas seem to have no idea their
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What happens when your...
But the cell also has more general repair pathways. If just one base is damaged, it can usually be fixed by a process called base excision repair. One enzyme snips out the damaged base,
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Watch: What It’s Like to...
loves bread she stole a loaf up again can you read her snips I have two dogs one boxer she's seven and a half
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Safari Live - Day 253 PIPE...
last calls for Luther snipped luck
Video examples
How to make discoveries...
they focused on what they call snips and then look for patterns in this data to find useful insight well that's nice from an academic viewpoint what's a real world example it's a great company that's done some serious work in the area of breast cancer turn a patient as chemotherapy or not traditional wisdom
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
called snip and i much prefer that name but we're going to stick with half tail which isn't quite accurate but we'll stick with it is giving us a glorious view of his mane let's take a closer look at that mean it is fabulous and you can even see although we're in ir right now we're using our infrared
Video examples
Learning from dirty jobs...
He snips it, throws the tip over his shoulder, and then grabs the scrotum and pushes it upward, and then his head dips down, obscuring my view. But what I hear is a slurping sound, and a noise that sounds like Velcro being yanked off a sticky wall, and I am not even kidding.
Video examples
Ocean Census PIPE National...
organisms as I did as child I can do that now with these technologies in in deep water environments ropos is a well equipped robot with tools that vacuum snip and dig into the ocean floor so what we're trying to do is to sample the seafloor using various coring devices
Video examples
The case of the missing...
Now, it's not often that I surprise myself, but my own two mitts had created something crazy, and new. "Very good. Now, show me a shape with finite area, but an infinitely long perimeter." "Let me get this straight. If I want to make a snip in the border of this shape,
Video examples
The Brain Science (and...
and they would play with my hair more and talk to me about different hairstyles and haircuts I could get. And I even enjoyed the gentle sound of the scissors -- snip, snip, snip -- right next to my ears. I enjoyed it so much and I was so deeply relaxed
Video examples
How Koalas Breed PIPE...
well it's not too much science it's basically just flipping some spam from the Nile and getting in between em so you're the awful person at the crucial moment snips in there absolutely the koalas seem to have no idea their
Video examples
What happens when your...
But the cell also has more general repair pathways. If just one base is damaged, it can usually be fixed by a process called base excision repair. One enzyme snips out the damaged base,
Video examples
Watch: What It’s Like to...
loves bread she stole a loaf up again can you read her snips I have two dogs one boxer she's seven and a half
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 253 PIPE...
last calls for Luther snipped luck
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Jude Law
British Actor
There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.
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Robin Hobb
American Writer
The challenge is always to find the good place to end the book. The rule I follow with myself is that every book should end where the next book would logically begin. I know that some readers wish that literally all of the threads would be neatly tied off and snipped, but life just doesn't work that way.
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David Leavitt
American Novelist
It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit cards. Emma Bovary would have maxed hers out. No question. Mr. Scrooge would not have. He would have snipped his up.
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Lil Tjay
American Musician
I got a lot of experience for my age. Some artists might take a line or two from a bunch of songs and snip it together and make something, but everything I say I do.
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Anastasia Soare
Romanian Businesswoman
Trimming is tricky. If you trim the eyebrow too much, you ruin the arch. Eyebrow hair has a curl and when you brush and cut it, it's easy to snip it too short.
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Richa Chadha
Indian Actress
On several occasions, I've felt like my career has wound up. I was sad and upset; my roles were snipped, and I wasn't treated fairly.
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John Ashbery
American Poet
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
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Steven Berkoff
English Actor
My first name used to be Leslie. I snipped that off and put my middle name, which was Steven, in the front.
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Jude Law
British Actor
There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.
Quote examples
Robin Hobb
American Writer
The challenge is always to find the good place to end the book. The rule I follow with myself is that every book should end where the next book would logically begin. I know that some readers wish that literally all of the threads would be neatly tied off and snipped, but life just doesn't work that way.
Quote examples
David Leavitt
American Novelist
It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.
Quote examples
Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit cards. Emma Bovary would have maxed hers out. No question. Mr. Scrooge would not have. He would have snipped his up.
Quote examples
Lil Tjay
American Musician
I got a lot of experience for my age. Some artists might take a line or two from a bunch of songs and snip it together and make something, but everything I say I do.
Quote examples
Anastasia Soare
Romanian Businesswoman
Trimming is tricky. If you trim the eyebrow too much, you ruin the arch. Eyebrow hair has a curl and when you brush and cut it, it's easy to snip it too short.
Quote examples
Richa Chadha
Indian Actress
On several occasions, I've felt like my career has wound up. I was sad and upset; my roles were snipped, and I wasn't treated fairly.
Quote examples
John Ashbery
American Poet
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
Quote examples
Steven Berkoff
English Actor
My first name used to be Leslie. I snipped that off and put my middle name, which was Steven, in the front.
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