Verb (used with object) : to snip a rose. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a snip of food. From Dictionary.com.
(link) I've been reading the book in snips of time. From Wordnik.com. [ccfinlay: From the Dept. of Catwaxing] Reference
The upgrade required tin snips to fit the back port mask, and completely fubar’ed my IDE chain. From Wordnik.com. [Lots of company in Dell Hell « BuzzMachine] Reference
I set it down in the "snips" file I'd started yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Four and twenty blackbirds came down from Inverness] Reference
Scattered snips from the article. From Wordnik.com. [the definition of fanaticism] Reference
SNPs, or "snips," are sites of common variation along the DNA. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
1) There are three types of tin snips: those that cut right, cut left, and cut center. From Wordnik.com. [Tuesday Trivia] Reference
Unlike changes to single DNA bases, called SNPs or "snips," the alterations examined in the current study are broader changes in structure. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
(called single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs, or "snips") emerged as significant. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
I told her they were called snips -- I'm off! '. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
I do have tin snips, and I do know how to cut grid. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
That's jest like you good-fer-nothin 'school snips!. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck] Reference
I've been hiding beneath the paper snips and the glue. From Wordnik.com. [secret-blue Diary Entry] Reference
Some portion of a penny; so get out your metal snips. From Wordnik.com. [Ron Paul and The Gold Standard:] Reference
A couple snips in the right places, and it is all gone. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Maria wears round her neck, and snips the necklace in twain. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
More chuckle-inducing snips, with my smartass rejoinders below. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Thill: Roll Call Slams The Colbert Report. Bears Win.] Reference
Use the can opener or tin snips to take the lid off the big can. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 31] Reference
Such as sheet metal, tin snips, Malathion powder, Phostoxin tablets. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Here are just two snips from the Congressional report on the matter. From Wordnik.com. [Larisa Alexandrovna: Right-wing Goes After John Cusack] Reference
Within minutes of the hairdresser's first few snips, Ms. X was in tears. From Wordnik.com. [Louis Licari: I Try to Give a Woman a Makeover -- She Ends Up in Tears] Reference
You can go from frumpy to fabulous with a few simple snips of the scissors. From Wordnik.com. [Minimum Changes in Hair = Maximum Effects in Confidence] Reference
The cable lets him see the nerves on a video monitor, and snips them as well. From Wordnik.com. [Prone To Problems] Reference
I'll never waste my time sewing on little snips to hatch up some bed-clothes. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
I used a pair of tin snips and cut off the first two fingers of his left hand. From Wordnik.com. [DearlyDevotedDexter]
On other shows, and often in the movies, the hero snips the blue wire just in time. From Wordnik.com. [Die Another Day] Reference
He takes a piece of fabric, drapes it on a form and snips and folds it until it works. From Wordnik.com. [Sandy the Dandy] Reference
And while my hairdresser tints, snips and combs my hair, we gossip about my sworn enemy. From Wordnik.com. [The Celebrity] Reference
And such silly snips as they were — Stephanie Platow! and Cecily Haguenin! and Florence. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
In the days of Tar-Elendil the first snips of the Númenóreans came back to Middle-earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
Especially when she caught snips of conversation about where the dirty money had come from. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
What little snips of things are pinned up above your desk, or attached to your fridge door?. From Wordnik.com. [Julia Moulden: Words Of Wisdom: Which Quotes Inspire You?] Reference
Then he snips homemade marshmallows flavored with anise, mint and strawberry over the petals. From Wordnik.com. [Haute Cuisine Heats Up] Reference
Obama on nightline, did my best to get exact quotes, but there are some snips and paraphrases here. From Wordnik.com. [Biden, Dodd, Richardson Rap Obama For Anti-Terror Speech] Reference
I brought out my wire clippers and, with a few deft snips, removed a couple of his buttons and put them in my pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
The cumulative effect of that kind of media exposure of those little snips of videotape is not something to be taken lightly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2008] Reference
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