snip

verbosostantivoattestato nei dialoghi

//snɪp//

To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

verbo

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
To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
3
To break off; to snatch away.
The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores […] but I snipt […]some of it for my own share.
4
informaleTo circumcise.
Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped.
His children, however, were not snipped, possibly because Princess Diana was opposed to the practice, which is out of fashion in England.
By the outbreak of the First World War such claims had diminished and the medical profession touted circumcision as being 'hygienic' — fathers were not only encouraged to have their newborn sons snipped, but to belatedly enjoy the benefits themselves.
5
informaleTo perform a vasectomy.
6
To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
7
To speak or say in a snippish manner.
"No, Jo, it wasn't one bit crowded, there was room enought ^([sic]) for everyone," she burbled on. "And we were there, and all these other wymeen too, of all shapes, sizes, and colors..." "Hmpgh! Very politically correct!" Jo snipped.

Etimologia

From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.

sostantivo

1
The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
2
A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
3
A small amount of something; a pinch.
4
A piece cut out by snipping.
It was true about the fanmaking; the table and floor were littered with snips of paper.
5
informaleSomething acquired for a low price; a bargain.
That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.
6
A vasectomy.
7
informaleA small or weak person, especially a young one.
'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!'
8
An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
9
desuetoAn impertinent or mischievous person.
Nor was the lady's establishment more fortunate in gaining the regard of the household. The maid was a verjuiced spinster, too old to love herself, and too ill-natured to look on. The footman was a regular snip […]
10
obsoletoA share or portion; a snack.
His Third Query is a Frank Proposal, without any more ado, of taking all the Church Lands into the Crown; and Courteously he offers the Poor Cavaliers a Snip in the Booty
11
obsoletoA tailor.
[…] you fool, why did you let out that you were a snip?" "I am not ashamed of my trade.”
12
A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.

Forme

plurale: snips
passato: snipped
participio passato: snipped
participio presente: snipping
3ª persona singolare: snips

sniffing · A sniff sound or action.sniffles · Any minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a…sniffling · A sniffle sound or action.

snip · To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

sniper · A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from…snitch · To inform on someone, especially in betrayal of others.snob · A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper…

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