snip | (noun) the act of clipping or snipping | Synonyms: clip, clipping |
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(noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snippet, snipping |
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, trim |
(verb) sever or remove by pinching or snipping | Synonyms: clip, nip, nip off, snip off |
snipe | (noun) a gunshot from a concealed location | - |
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(noun) Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks | - |
(verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, assault, attack, lash out, round |
(verb) aim and shoot with great precision | Synonyms: sharpshoot |
(verb) hunt or shoot snipe | - |
snipefish | (noun) small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth | Synonyms: bellows fish |
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sniper | (noun) a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place | - |
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snippet | (noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snip, snipping |
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snipping | (noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) | Synonyms: snip, snippet |
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snips | (noun) (plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal | Synonyms: tinsnips |
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