snip

snip
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   Medical jargon which has passed into standard use. (The Kent trading standards officer, dealing with a complaint that a surgeon's fee for a vasectomy was too high, dismissed the charge, remarking that it was a snip, for which he found himself reported to the chief executive.) Snib and snick were dialect words for the castration of domestic and farm animals.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • snip — snip·er; snip·er·scope; snip·i·ness; snip·per; snip·per·snap·per; snip·pet; snip·pety; snip·pi·ness; snip·py; snip·snap·sno·rum; snip·tious; snip; gut·ter·snip·ish; …   English syllables

  • snip — [snɪp] noun be a snip informal to be surprisingly cheap: • At £20 for twelve, they re a snip! * * * snip UK US /snɪp/ noun [S] UK INFORMAL ► something that is being sold for less than you expect: »At a fiv …   Financial and business terms

  • Snip — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. {{{image}}}   Sigles d une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres   Sigles de trois lettres …   Wikipédia en Français

  • snip — /snip/, v., snipped, snipping, n. v.t. 1. to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like. 2. to remove or cut off (something) by or as by cutting in this manner: to snip a rose. v.i. 3. to cut with… …   Universalium

  • Snip — may refer to:* The action of cutting something * Snip (software) * Common snipe * Single nucleotide polymorphism * Scotland Northern Ireland Pipeline, a pipeline carrying natural gas to Ireland from mainland Britain * SNIP, the abbreviation for… …   Wikipedia

  • Snip — Snip, n. 1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A small shred; a bit cut off. Wiseman. [1913 Webster] 3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] L Estrange [1913 Webster] 4. A tailor. [Slang] Nares. C. Kingsley. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Snip — Snip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snipping}.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.] To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • snip — [snip] vt. snipped, snipping [Du snippen, akin to SNAP] 1. to cut with scissors or shears in a short, quick stroke or strokes 2. to remove by or as by such cutting vi. to make a short, quick cut or cuts n. 1. a small cut made with scissors, etc …   English World dictionary

  • snip|py — «SNIHP ee», adjective, pi|er, pi|est. 1. Informal. sharp; curt. 2. Informal. haughty; disdainful …   Useful english dictionary

  • snip — vb *shear, poll, clip, trim, prune, lop, crop Analogous words: *cut, slit, slash, chop: *bite …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • snip- — *snip germ.?, Verb: Verweis: s. *snib s. snib ; …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

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