I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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The rest was snipped off , using fine scissors.
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If you snip off one leg of a cockroach, it will shift gaits with the other five without losing a stride.
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I could see them now, slowly advancing and snipping off , scissor-like, the vegetation.
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They are all currently at a loose end, and loose ends are so easily snipped off .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lois snipped the wires before loosening the screws.
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She snipped the thread which held the two pieces of cloth together.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Andrews snipped and sewed the masterpiece into one-piece garments.
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Carefully snip into the paper along its length, to form a row of thin strands joined at one end.
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He stepped forward and allowed him to snip away at the stitching.
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If you snip off one leg of a cockroach, it will shift gaits with the other five without losing a stride.
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She snipped crisp green stalks with a pair of scissors.
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She has even been snipped out of a photograph taken after her wedding.
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They are all currently at a loose end, and loose ends are so easily snipped off.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he talked about the garden and the way Colette attacked the roses with snips.
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But she carried in her purse a snip from a London newspaper.
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But you and I both know all it would take to wreck your career is one errant snip of the scissors.
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For Diana, a heavy tweed jacket for draughty Balmoral would be a snip at £9.95.
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In this case, the husband had searched the garden on his hands and knees, clipping the longer grass with snips!
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It merely made a quick snip .