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  • plural of snip.
  • present tense form of snip (3rd person singular).
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snips

British  
/ snɪps /

plural noun

  1. Also called: tin snips. a small pair of shears used for cutting sheet metal

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With a few snips of her scissors, a plain whiteboard rag transforms into three strips of cloth perfect for braiding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Between snips, stylist Mel Sharpe reflects on the game.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

Rpn11 snips off these tags, enabling the misfolded protein to slip into the proteasome core for disassembly.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024

That’s a lot of what hairstylist Kayla Gowell hears as she snips, sprays, primps and blow-dries.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

To assess his hair color, the man snips a lock of hair from Werner’s head and compares it to thirty or so other locks clipped to a board, arrayed darkest to lightest.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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