snips

Noun

• (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal
• a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• the act of clipping or snipping
• plural of snip
• shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs

Verb

• sever or remove by pinching or snipping
• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
• third-person singular simple present indicative of snip

Synonyms

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