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| | {{en-verb|snipp|ing}} | | {{en-verb|snipp|ing}} |
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| − | # To gently cut with short sharp actions, as with [[scissors]]. | + | # To cut with short sharp actions, as with [[scissors]]. |
| | #: ''I don't want you to take much hair off; just '''snip''' my mullet off.'' | | #: ''I don't want you to take much hair off; just '''snip''' my mullet off.'' |
| | # To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip. | | # To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip. |
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
| − | {{trans-top|To gently cut off with short sharp actions}} | + | {{trans-top|To cut with short sharp actions}} |
| | * Finnish: {{t+|fi|leikata}}, {{t+|fi|saksia}} | | * Finnish: {{t+|fi|leikata}}, {{t+|fi|saksia}} |
| | {{trans-mid}} | | {{trans-mid}} |
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| | # The act of [[snipping]]; [[cutting]] a small amount off of something. | | # The act of [[snipping]]; [[cutting]] a small amount off of something. |
| − | # A low price, a [[bargain]] | + | # Something acquired for a low price; a [[bargain]]. |
| | #: ''That wholesale lot on eBay was a '''snip''' at $10'' | | #: ''That wholesale lot on eBay was a '''snip''' at $10'' |
| | # A small amount of something; a [[pinch]]. | | # A small amount of something; a [[pinch]]. |
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| | #* '''2010''' — Ellen Renner, ''Castle of Shadows'', Hachette UK, 2010 ISBN 1408313723. | | #* '''2010''' — Ellen Renner, ''Castle of Shadows'', Hachette UK, 2010 ISBN 1408313723. |
| | #*: 'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!' | | #*: 'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!' |
| | + | # {{obsolete}} A [[share]] or [[portion]]; a [[snack]]. |
| | + | #: {{rfquotek|L'Estrange}} |
| | + | # {{obsolete|slang}} A [[tailor]]. |
| | + | #: {{rfquotek|Nares}} |
| | + | #: {{rfquotek|Charles Kingsley}} |
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
