snip

snip is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
2. noun. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
3. noun. A small shred; a bit cut off.
4. noun. A share; a snack.
5. noun. A tailor.
6. noun. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
7. noun. the act of clipping or snipping

   Synonyms: clip, clipping

8. noun. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

   Synonyms: snippet, snipping

9. verb. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

   "dress the plants in the garden"

   Synonyms: clip, crop, dress, lop, prune, trim

10. verb. sever or remove by pinching or snipping

    "nip off the flowers"

    Synonyms: clip, nip

Synonyms

clip, clipping, snippet, snipping, crop, dress, lop, prune, trim, nip

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in snip:

insp, nips, pins, spin

Common word forms

snips, sniped, sniper, snipes, sniping, snipped, snipper, snipping

Words from these letters

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