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• n  a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• v  sever or remove by pinching or snipping
• v  cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• Six models wearing Qiana garments were escorted by armed guards to prevent any overanxious competitor from the common practice of snipping a sample swatch.
• Until it is, tube-snipping tourism won't be luring many Frenchmen to visit clinics either at home or abroad.
• Since starting at Toyota in 1964, he has distinguished himself not by snipping ribbons on new plants or giving speeches, but as a behind-the-scenes cost cutter and logistical .

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

News & Articles

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• Cancel credit card the right way
  You want to cancel your credit card. Before you pick up your scissors, know this: Canceling a credit card the right way involves more than simply snipping it in two. It requires you to follow specific steps to close the credit card account for good with the least damage to your credit scores.
  July 5, 2013 - MSN

Quotes

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• Kelly Slater in Sydney Morning Herald
  Quentin and I love violent movies. What's great about having an executive producer like Quentin on board is he'll read the script and go, 'Man, you should have a scene where he's cutting her toes off with a bolt cutter - just snipping them off one... Quentin Tarantino http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH8Tp-Gi2iY1MpgBr5P-JBrMqR_2A MTV.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/flickd/h/hostel_060105/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH0167QuFbmfn8yNnc8o8FsldVuQA Jan 5, 2006 91723 121810 snips We went over and talked to 'Snips' [contest director Mike Parsons] before the heat," Slater said. "Taj wanted to do a 35-minute heat, and I said, 'Why don't we do a 40-minute final? We've got all the time in the world this afternoon.' If we...