snip
verb (used with object)
to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.
were snipping
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past progressiveof snip.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Together they romp and fuss, conversing in a vaguely Southern dialect that drips with puns and nonsense verse: "Oh, the parsnips were snipping their snappers/ While the parsley was parceling the peas."
From Time Magazine Archive
