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Meanings of snip in English

Catalan
retall
Spanish
recorte

A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

        retall
        Catalan
        esquilada

        The act of clipping or snipping.

              esquilada
              Synonyms
              Examples for "snippet"
              Examples for "snippet"
              1
              Even those without a story to tell insist on their own snippet.
              And the rat laughed
              2
              Darren Aronofsky presents a snippet of his take on the Great Flood.
              The Irish Times
              3
              There's a looming sense of melancholy to the snippet that bodes well.
              The Irish Times
              4
              A snippet of sound also gets recorded as you're capturing the photo.
              Wired
              5
              One more Cannes-related snippet before we shut up about the blasted festival?
              The Irish Times
              1
              She now balances her work time between cafe shifts and whipper snipping.
              News.com.au
              2
              Each snipping off is of course followed by an inrush of air.
              Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
              3
              When the Fate was snipping his thread, some fool jogged her elbow.
              Shadows in Bronze
              4
              Last autumn, police arrested him on charges of snipping a fence.
              The Irish Times
              5
              Prepare the stamina from this piece of wax by snipping the proper number.
              The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
              Portuguese
              podar
              Catalan
              esporgar
              Spanish
              podar

              Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.

                  podar
                  Portuguese
                  dividir
                  Catalan
                  tallar
                  Spanish
                  cortar

                  Sever or remove by pinching or snipping.

                        dividir
                        Usage of snip in English
                        1
                        Finally I was able to snip it open and she was safe.
                        My best friends have hairy legs
                        2
                        He says he will do it for a snip in the profits.
                        Jack North's Treasure Hunt; Or, Daring Adventures in South Ameri...
                        3
                        There was no answer but the crisp snip, snip of the shears.
                        Walter and the Wireless
                        4
                        And that snip of a Miss Dixon left without apologizing to you.
                        The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays / Or, The Sham Battles at ...
                        5
                        Every now and then a snip of ugly gossip reached Eleanore's ears.
                        The Goose Man
                        6
                        The metallic snip of Hilario's shears sounded like a pistol-shot to O'Reilly.
                        Rainbow's End
                        7
                        Juana, without pens, ink, or paper, was replying by snip of scissors.
                        Juana
                        8
                        Once cooled, snip the bag open and peel it off the chocolate.
                        Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
                        9
                        Her snip of a nose, which she had always wished was longer.
                        The Haunted Mask
                        10
                        Take it down to the smoking-room and snip off the ends for me.
                        A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories
                        11
                        Also be sure to snip out any weak or misshapen plants.
                        Vegetable gardening for dummies
                        12
                        She was 49, we hear Steve snip again through the TV.
                        News.com.au
                        13
                        For a moment, Marse and I watched her snip awkwardly behind one ear.
                        Stiltsville: a novel
                        14
                        Chop or snip fresh basil roughly and add to the pasta.
                        The South African
                        15
                        PopTV could just snip out these moments in the edit room.
                        Starstruck
                        16
                        Use your scissors and snip off a little bit of extra.
                        Wired
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                        Translations for snip
                        Snip through the time
                        Snip across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common