snipping

Plural: snippings

Noun

• a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• The act by which something is snipped or cut.
• A piece cut off; a clipping.

Verb

Verb Forms: snipped, snipping, snips

• The action of cutting with short, quick strokes, the present participle of 'snip'.
• sever or remove by pinching or snipping
• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
• present participle and gerund of snip

Examples

• He was SNIPPING away at the empty spaces, making it harder for me to form long words.

Synonyms

clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, nip, nip off, prune, snip, snip off, snippet, trim

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