snip
verb (used with object)
to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.
has snipped
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present perfectof snip (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They walk through the elevator doors at quitting time, then immediately back in to start the day, as if someone has snipped off the rest of life and twisted the remainder into a Möbius strip.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
So far the House has passed eleven regular appropriation bills totaling $32.8 billion, has snipped $1.8 billion out of the President's budget.
From Time Magazine Archive
When she calms herself she finds she has snipped her prize butterfly orchid.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
