snipping

/ˈsnɪpɪŋ/
noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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