Synonyms

snips

British

/ snɪps /

plural noun

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

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Example Sentences

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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 • Nov. 27, 2025

Dr Ed Pyne snips a leaf from the Druids Oak, an 800-year-old tree that has watched over this woodland in Buckinghamshire for centuries, enduring droughts, storms, heatwaves and more.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

The research showed that V8 snips one end of the PAR1 protein and awakens it.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

He sets a stool on the sidewalk and throws a mostly clean towel over Bernd’s shoulders and snips away.

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

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