snipping

Noun

snipping (plural snippings)

1. The act by which something is snipped or cut.
   • There was a time when all manner of snippings were made to keep Handel's operas within bounds.1993, Raymond Leppard, Thomas P. Lewis, Raymond Leppard on Music, page 78
   1. (Internet) Removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
      • I normally agree but Mikey has changed meaning of my comments numerous times by his snippings. I've had to go back and re-read my posts to find out what I did say and in what context because he is using words out of context.2000 March 1, Charles, “Problems with 3e (that last post was getting too long!)”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)
      • OK, I'll repost your statement from your last post which brought on that comment of mine, and which you snipped here to make yourself look good: […] Two points here - an example of your snippings of uncomfortable lines, and the fact that you have lied once again in your deceitful way of eliminating...2000 June 19, Neville Lindsay, “The Reality of Jesus”, in soc.history.ancient (Usenet)
2. A piece cut off; a clipping.
   • One of them bit off his toe, others took snippings from his hair or tore off his nails and would have cut pieces from his flesh had they not been prevented.1975, Gerald Brenan, St John of the Cross: His Life and Poetry, page 82