snipping
/ˈsnɪpɪŋ/
noun
- The act or sound of cutting with small, quick strokes.
- With a quick snip of the scissors, the ribbon fell away.
- I heard the snip of the barber's shears as he trimmed my hair.
- The constant snipping of the hedge clippers echoed in the yard.
- A small piece cut off from something.
- She collected fabric snips for her quilting project.
- The floor was covered with paper snips after the art class.
- He picked up a snip of hair from the barbershop floor.
verb
- Cutting something with small, quick strokes using scissors or shears.
- The gardener spent the morning snipping dead leaves off the rose bushes.
- She was snipping the loose threads from her shirt.
- He carefully snipped a coupon from the newspaper.
- Taking a screenshot or capturing a portion of a screen image using software.
- The teacher snipped a map from the website to include in the lesson.
- I'm snipping a picture of the error message to send to tech support.
- She snipped a funny meme from the video and shared it with her friends.