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Synonyms for snip

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

cut back trim prune lop circumcise

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Clip

clip, lop, cut, trim, cut back, crop, bit, piece, prune, shred, fragment, dress, chunk, lump, scrap

Other

nip, circumcise

Noun

1. Snippectomy — removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message

snippectomy, snippage

Other

clipping, snippet

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

    I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.

  2. n. 1

    Removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.

Related words

Word family
snippage snippy snipt snippet snippock

Forms

Plural
snips → snippectomies, snippages, clippings, snippets…
Past participle
snipped
e.g. snipped → clipt, lopt, trimmed, cropped…

Example sentences

  • trim Some people stay trim even without going to a gym.
  • prune Your vagina is not going to shrivel up like a prune.
  • lop Why did van Gogh lop his ear off?
  • circumcise David and Ruth intend to circumcise their newborn.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sniprising
trimsteady
prunerising
lopsteady
circumciserising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bit1, cut1, nip1, lop1
4 letters
clip1, crop1, trim1, lump1
5 letters
piece1, dress1, scrap1, chunk1, shred1, prune1
7 letters
snippet2
8 letters
fragment2, clipping2, snippage
10 letters
circumcise3
11 letters
snippectomy

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (snippet2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
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