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Word entry · 4 letters

snip

Best crossword clue

"Quick scissor cut"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /snɪp/Part of speech noun, verbSorted inpsStarts with SEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of clipping or snipping

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.
  • The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores […] but I snipt […]some of it for my own share.
  • Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped.

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