[snɪp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cut (something) with scissors or shears, typically with small quick strokes
(e.g: she was snipping a few dead heads off the roses)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin

[snɪp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of snipping something
(e.g: he took a snip at a dandelion on the grass)

- a surprisingly cheap item; a bargain
(e.g: the wine is a snip at £3.65)

- shears for cutting metal
(e.g: tin snips)

- a small or insignificant person
(e.g: imagine that little snip telling me I was wrong!)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin