snips

British  

/ snɪps /

plural noun

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

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Example Sentences

While it has been directed with careful attention to shaping its emotional arc by Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers” might have amplified its charms with a few snips of the scissors.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If disrupting a trial was illegal, I’d add it to the list,” Elder Evergreen snips.

From Literature

Use sharp snips or bypass pruner to make a clean cut that looks tidy and closes up quickly.

From Seattle Times

The sheep lies down, calm, as Begay pulls up a section and snips deftly with even strokes.

From Seattle Times

The scientists attached this tag to protein toxins and the gene-editing enzyme Cas9, a large molecular scissors that snips DNA at a location specified by a molecule that guides the scissors to the right place.

From Scientific American