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snipping
We have found lemma(root) word of snipping : snip.
Definitions
[snɪp], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cut (something) with scissors or shears, typically with small quick strokes
(e.g: she was snipping a few dead heads off the roses)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin
[snɪp], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an act of snipping something
(e.g: he took a snip at a dandelion on the grass)
- a surprisingly cheap item; a bargain
(e.g: the wine is a snip at £3.65)
- shears for cutting metal
(e.g: tin snips)
- a small or insignificant person
(e.g: imagine that little snip telling me I was wrong!)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin
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