v. & n.
--v.tr. (snipped, snipping) (also absol.) cut (cloth, a hole, etc.) with scissors or shears, esp. in small quick strokes.
--n.
1. an act of snipping.
2 a piece of material etc. snipped off.
3 sl. a something easily achieved. b Brit. a bargain; something cheaply acquired.
4 (in pl.) hand-shears for metal cutting.
Phrases and idioms:
snip at make snipping strokes at.
Derivatives:
snipping n.
Etymology: LG & Du. snippen imit.