snip

Meanings

1. To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
2. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
3. To break off; to snatch away.
4. To circumcise.
5. To perform a vasectomy.
6. To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
7. To speak or say in a snippish manner.

1. The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
2. A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
3. A small amount of something; a pinch.
4. A piece cut out by snipping.
5. Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
6. A vasectomy.
7. A small or weak person, especially a young one.
8. An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
9. An impertinent or mischievous person.
10. A share or portion; a snack.
11. A tailor.
12. A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.

Etymology

From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.