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snippy snip

snippy snip noun: a cut or incision.

Noun

snippy snip (plural snippy snips)

  1. (humorous) A cut or incision.
    • The problem with Barb's haircuts is her hair stylist cuts her hair with a microscope. He goes, "A snippy snip here, and a snippy snip there—that will be 30 dollars, please."1999, Chuck Snyder, Barb Snyder, Incompatibility: Still Grounds for a Great Marriage, Sisters, Oregon: Multnomah Publishers, →ISBN, page 157
    1. (euphemistic, humorous, specifically) A vasectomy.
      • So then, women get to force you guys to have a vasectomy. Fair is fair, right? Legally *force* you to go in for a little snippy snip?2003 January 31, Sharon B, “Martha's quest for male abandoners, was Re: Father abandons newborn; was Re: Abandonment or Death”, in soc.men (Usenet)
      • Imagine having an unwanted baby while unemployed or stretched to the max with bills. That would suck big time.... far worse than having a small snippy snip.2005 December 14, John van Gurp, “Vasectomy”, in hfx.general (Usenet)

Forms of snippy snip

pluralsnippy snips

Origin of snippy snip

Built on snip.

Questions about snippy snip

What does snippy snip mean?
Snippy snip means a cut or incision.
What part of speech is snippy snip?
Snippy snip is a noun.
What is the plural of snippy snip?
The plural of snippy snip is snippy snips.

Words near snippy snip in the dictionary

  1. snippish
  2. snippity
  3. snippock
  4. snippocks
  5. snippy
  6. snippy snip
  7. snippy snips
  8. snips
  9. snipsnapsnorum
  10. snipt
  11. snipy

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