Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - snip
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snip
~1 n 1 a quick small cut with scissors 2 be a snip BrE informal to be surprisingly cheap (At -20 for a dozen, they're a snip.) (- see cheap1) ~2 v to cut something by making quick cuts with scissors (I hurriedly snipped the string and untied the parcel. | snip sth off (=remove it by snipping)) (Snip the ends of the beans off before you cook them.)
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(snips, snipping, snipped) 1. If you snip something, or if you snip at or through something, you cut it quickly using sharp scissors. He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper... He snipped a length of new bandage and placed it around Peter’s chest. VERB: V adv/prep, V n 2. If you say that something is a snip, you mean that it is very good value. (BRIT INFORMAL) The beautifully made briefcase is a snip at ?74.25. = bargain N-SING: a N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: from or akin to Dutch & Low German ~; akin to Middle High German ~fen to snap the fingers Date: 1558 1. a. a small piece that is ~ped off; also fragment, bit b. a cut or notch made by ~ping c. an act or sound of ~ping 2. a white or light mark; especially a white spot between the nostrils of a horse 3. a presumptuous or impertinent person; especially an impertinent or saucy girl 4. British bargain, buy II. verb (~ped; ~ping) Date: 1586 transitive verb to cut or cut off with or as if with shears or scissors ~ped the stray threads; specifically to clip suddenly or by bits intransitive verb to make a short quick cut with or as if with shears or scissors • ~per noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) общ. надрез, кусок; разрез, лоскут, обрезок 2) общ., разг. "верняк", верное дело, плевое дело, пустяковая работа 3) торг., разг. выгодная (дешевая) покупка; дешевый товар Syn: bargain ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. надрез, разрез 2. обрезок, кусок, лоскут 3. редк. маленький кусочек (чего-либо) 4. разг. человечишка, мозгляк this snip of an attorney —- этот адвокатишка 5. сл. верное дело, верный шанс, "верняк" 6. сл. пустяковая работа, плевое дело 7. сл. наручники 8. сл. обман 9. сл. выгодная покупка; покупка по дешевке 10. редк. светлое пятно на морде лошади 11. резать быстрым движением ножниц; разом отхватить, отрезать ножницами; чикать; кромсать to snip cloth —- резать ткань на куски to snip a hole in cloth —- вырезать дыру в ткани; выхватить ножницами кусок материи 12. отрезать, отхватывать (также snip off) to snip a bud off a stem —- срезать бутон со стебля to snip off the ends of hair —- обрезать (отхватить) кончики волос 13. сл. красть, таскать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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off отрезать, отхватывать Mother is in the garden, snipping off the dead roses. SNIP 1. noun 1) надрез 2) обрезок; кусок 3) coll. портняжка 4) pl. ножницы (для металла, проволоки) 2. v. резать (ножницами) - snip off ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1558, "small piece of cut-out cloth," probably from Du. or Low Ger. snippen "to snip, shred," of unknown origin. The verb is from 1586. Snippers "scissors" is from 1593. Snippy is 1727 with the meaning "parsimonious;" the sense of "fault-finding, sharp" is first recorded 1848. Snip-snap-snorum, the card game, is 1755, from Low Ger. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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