Usually means: Cut with small, quick strokes.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. snip: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. snip: Merriam-Webster
  3. snip: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. snip: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. snip: Collins English Dictionary
  6. snip: Vocabulary.com
  7. Snip, snip: Wordnik
  8. snip, the snip: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. snip: Wiktionary
  10. snip: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. snip: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. snip: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. snip: Dictionary.com
  14. snip: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. snip: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Snip (Modern Family), Snip (TV series), Snip (horse), Snip: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Snip: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. snip: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. snip: Rhymezone
  20. Snip: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. snip: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. snip: FreeDictionary.org
  23. snip: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. snip: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snip: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Snip: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. snip: Medical dictionary
  3. Snip: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. SNIP: Acronym Finder
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  3. snip: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. snip, snip: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Snip, the snip: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Snip: Stay Sharp

(Note: See sniping as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
verb:  To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
verb:  To break off; to snatch away.
verb:  (informal) To circumcise.
verb:  (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
verb:  (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
verb:  To speak or say in a snippish manner.
noun:  The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
noun:  A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
noun:  A small amount of something; a pinch.
noun:  A piece cut out by snipping.
noun:  (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
noun:  (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
noun:  (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
noun:  (onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
noun:  (dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
noun:  (obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
noun:  (obsolete, slang) A tailor.
noun:  A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.

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