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snipped

/snɪpt/

snipped is the simple past and past participle of snip.

Meaning of snip

Verb

snip (third-person singular simple present snips, present participle snipping, simple past and past participle snipped)

  1. To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
    • I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.
  2. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
  3. To break off; to snatch away.
    • [T]he Captain ſeldom ordered any thing out of the Ship's Stores, […] but I ſnipt ſome of it for my own Share.1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC...
  4. (informal) To circumcise.
    • Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped.2001, David Cohen, The Father's Book: Being a Good Dad in the 21st Century, John WIley & Sons Ltd, published 2001, →ISBN, page 72
  5. (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
  6. (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.

See all 20 meanings of snip

Adjective

snipped (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Circumcised.
    • Kathleen pointed to the area below the belt. "You know, you should be prepared. He's probably not snipped."2006, Francesca Segrè, “Girl Meets Goy”, in Ruth Ellenson, editor, The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt, Plume, →ISBN
    Antonyms:
    unsnipped

Antonyms of snipped

Words that rhyme with snipped

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Questions about snipped

What does snipped mean?
Snipped means circumcised.
What is snipped the simple past and past participle of?
Snipped is the simple past and past participle of snip.
What part of speech is snipped?
Snipped is an adjective.
How do you pronounce snipped?
Snipped is pronounced /snɪpt/.

Words near snipped in the dictionary

  1. snippable
  2. snippage
  3. snippages
  4. snippectomies
  5. snippectomy
  6. snipped
  7. snipper
  8. snipper-snapper
  9. snipper-snappers
  10. snippers
  11. snippet

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