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snip

noun

1 snip

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

synonyms: snippet, snipping.

Roget 225: clothing, investment; covering etc. 223; dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim; ... show more

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, ... show more

Dutch: papiersnipper, snipper
Polish: okrawek, skrawek

2 snip

The act of clipping or snipping.

synonyms: clip, clipping.

verb

1 snip

Sever or remove by pinching or snipping.

synonyms: clip, nip, nip off, snip off.

Roget 44: be disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces; peel off; get loose.    disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair; ... show more

2 snip

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.

synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, trim.

Dutch: afsnoeien, snoeien


Moby thesaurus: amputate, ax, bakehead, bantam, banty, bisect, bit, black gang, boilerman, breeze, bungs, butcher, butt, button, cabin boy, carve, chip, chips, chit, chop ... show more.

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snipe

noun

1 snipe

Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks.

Roget 366: animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation.    beast, brute, creature, critter [U.S.]; wight, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, ... show more

Dutch: snip
Polish: bekas

2 snipe

A gunshot from a concealed location.

verb

1 snipe

Hunt or shoot snipe.

2 snipe

Aim and shoot with great precision.

synonym: sharpshoot.

3 snipe

Attack in speech or writing.

synonyms: assail, assault, attack, lash out, round.

Dutch: aanvallen


Moby thesaurus: aim at, attack, barrage, blast, blitz, bombard, cannon, cannonade, carp at, charge, cock, commence firing, criticize, deride, detonate, discharge, drop, eject, enfilade, fell ... show more.

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