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snipsnounpl. of snip a very small piececleared out the snips of paper that had been clogging the machine atoms, bits, crumbs, dribbles, flecks, flyspecks, grains, granules, molecules, morsels, motes, nubbins, nuggets, particles, patches, scraps, scruples, snippets, specks, tittles aces, dabs, dashes, driblets, drops, fractions, haets(chiefly Scottish), halfpence(or halfpennies), ha'pennies, iotas, jots, kennings(chiefly Scottish), licks, minims, mites, modicums, nutshells, ounces, pinches, shreds, smatters, smidgens(also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges), spots, strains, streaks, suspicions, tastes, touches, traces, whispers, whitsbites, mouthfuls, nibbles, tidbits(also titbits)fragments, parts, portions, sectionschips, flakes, shards, shivers, slivers, splintersclippings, parings, shavingssmithereens chunks, gobs, hunks, lumps, slabsabundances, barrels, buckets, bushels, deals, heaps, loads, masses, mountains, pecks, piles, pots, profusions, quantities, rafts, scads, stacks, volumes, wads, wealths 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 bargains, buys, deals, pennyworth(or pennyworths), steals clearances, closeouts, markdownscheapiesbonuses, freebies(or freebees), gifts, giveaways, premiums, presentsboons, windfalls overcharges, rip-offsmarkups, surchargesextravagances, luxuries to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumentsnipped the loose ends bobs, clips, crops, cuts, cuts back, docks, lops (off), nips, pares, polls, prunes, shaves, shears, trims skives, whittlesmanicures, mowspinches, stumpscurtails, shortens elongates, extends, lengthens in 1846 |