01 v. t. To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
imp. & p. p.
Snipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snipping
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To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.“Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject.” — Fuller.“The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share.” — De Foe.