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SNIPPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snipping mean?
• SNIPPING (noun)
The noun SNIPPING has 1 sense:
1. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Familiarity information: SNIPPING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("snipping" is a kind of...):
piece (a separate part of a whole)
Derivation:
snip (sever or remove by pinching or snipping)
Context examples
As the height of luxury, Meg put out some of her sewing, and then found time hang so heavily, that she fell to snipping and spoiling her clothes in her attempts to furbish them up a la Moffat.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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