snip

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• /snɪp/
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• homophone: SNP
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• rhymes with -ɪp
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From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: рязане (rjazane) — the act of snipping
• Dutch: knip — the act of snipping
• Finnish: leikkaaminen — the act of snipping
• Hungarian: nyisszantás — the act of snipping
• Hungarian: lenyisszantás — the act of snipping
• Hungarian: levágás — the act of snipping
• Hungarian: lemetszés — the act of snipping
• Icelandic: snifsi — the act of snipping
• Polish: ciachanie — the act of snipping
• Polish: cięcie — the act of snipping
• Czech: výhodná koupě — a low price, a bargain
• Czech: terno — a low price, a bargain
• Finnish: hyvä kauppa — a low price, a bargain
• Hungarian: potya — a low price, a bargain
• Polish: okazja — a low price, a bargain
• Bulgarian: парче (parče) — a small amount of something
• Bulgarian: изрезка (izrezka) — a small amount of something
• Finnish: hitunen — a small amount of something
• Finnish: palanen — a small amount of something
• Polish: pestka — a small amount of something
• Polish: drobiazg — a small amount of something
• Polish: wazektomia — a euphemism for a vasectomy
• French: tchac — sound produced by scissors
• German: Schnipp — sound produced by scissors
• Italian: zac — sound produced by scissors
• Polish: ciachnięcie — sound produced by scissors
• Romanian: țac — sound produced by scissors
• Turkish: kırt — sound produced by scissors
• Bulgarian: режа с ножица (reža s nožica) — to cut with short sharp actions
• Czech: ustřihnout — to cut with short sharp actions
• Czech: ucvaknout — to cut with short sharp actions
• Czech: ušmiknout — to cut with short sharp actions
• Finnish: leikata — to cut with short sharp actions
• Finnish: saksia — to cut with short sharp actions
• French: découper — to cut with short sharp actions
• French: cisailler — to cut with short sharp actions
• Hungarian: lenyisszant — to cut with short sharp actions
• Hungarian: lemetsz — to cut with short sharp actions
• Polish: ciachać — to cut with short sharp actions
• Polish: ciachnąć — to cut with short sharp actions
• Russian: отсекать (otsjekat') — to cut with short sharp actions
• Russian: отрезать (otrjezat') — to cut with short sharp actions
• Spanish: cortar — to cut with short sharp actions