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Snipping

//ˈsnɪpɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is snipped or cut.

    "There was a time when all manner of snippings were made to keep Handel's operas within bounds."

  2. 2
    a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) wordnet
  3. 3
    A piece cut off; a clipping.

    "One of them bit off his toe, others took snippings from his hair or tore off his nails and would have cut pieces from his flesh had they not been prevented."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of snip form-of, gerund, participle, present

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