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snipverb to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumentsnipped the loose ends bob, clip, crop, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, trim skive, whittlemanicure, mowpinch, stumpcurtail, shorten elongate, extend, lengthen a very small piececleared out the snips of paper that had been clogging the machine atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scrap, scruple, snippet, speck, tittle ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, haet(chiefly Scottish), halfpenny, ha'penny, iota, jot, kenning(chiefly Scottish), lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whitbite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit(also titbit)fragment, part, portion, sectionchip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinterclipping, paring, shavingsmithereens chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slababundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth Britishsomething bought or offered for sale at a desirable pricethat antique urn that we bought at London's Portobello Road Market was a real snip bargain, buy, deal, pennyworth, steal clearance, closeout, markdowncheapiebonus, freebie(or freebee), gift, giveaway, premium, presentboon, windfall gouging, overcharge, rip-off, soakingmarkup, surchargeextravagance, luxury in 1558 |