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# snips

«snips» in Mova's school dictionary: **Verb: he/she snips — cuts something with small quick cuts…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun, plural of snip (a snip, snips); also present tense of the verb snip (snip, snips, snipped, snipping); noun (snips — a tool, plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Verb: he/she snips — cuts something with small quick cuts of scissors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#m1)

2) Noun plural: small quick cuts, or small pieces cut off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#m2)

3) Snips (plural tool): strong shears for cutting sheet metal, also called tin snips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#m3)

4) (UK, informal) «A snip»: a real bargain: It's a snip at £5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In art and craft lessons you make small snips with scissors. In everyday life a hairdresser snips your fringe. Tin snips are a workshop tool — use only with an adult. «Snips and snails» comes from the old rhyme about little boys.

### examples

- She snips the ribbon with her scissors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#x1)
- The barber snips around my ears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#x2)
- Make two snips at the top of the paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#x3)
- Dad used tin snips to cut the metal sheet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#x4)
- Snips of paper covered the floor after art. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#x5)
- That coat was a snip at half price! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#x6)
- «Snips and snails and puppy-dogs' tails» is an old rhyme. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/#x7)

### note

Past: snipped (double p). The tool is always plural like scissors: «a pair of snips». «A snip» meaning a bargain is British slang.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «snips» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snips/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.