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Noun: snipping  snip-ing
  1. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
    - snip, snippet
Verb: snip (snipped,snipping)  snip
  1. Cut or sever by pinching or cutting with small strokes of scissors, pruning shears, etc.
    "snip off the flowers";
    - nip, nip off, clip, snip off
     
  2. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    "snip the plants in the garden";
    - clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

Derived forms: snippings

Type of: cut, piece, thin out

Encyclopedia: Snipping

Snip, Snap, Snorum