Definition of snip

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Snip (v. t.) To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away..

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Dowitcher :: Dowitcher (n.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback..
Masterwort :: Masterwort (n.) Improperly, the cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum)..
Triddler :: Triddler (n.) The jacksnipe.
Cow Parsnip :: Cow parsnip () A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America)..
Longbeak :: Longbeak (n.) The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.
Yellowlegs :: Yellowlegs (n.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2..
Limicolae :: Limicolae (n. pl.) A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae..
Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium.
Water Parsnip :: Water parsnip () Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers..
Snipper-snaper :: Snipper-snaper (n.) A small, insignificant fellow..
Scolopacine :: Scolopacine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Scolopacidae, or Snipe family..
Snip :: Snip (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
Seed :: Seed (n.) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed..
Greenshank :: Greenshank (n.) A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.
Snipefish :: Snipefish (n.) A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak..
Snick :: Snick (n.) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast..
Umbelliferous :: Umbelliferous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Umbelliferae) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples..
Snipebill :: Snipebill (n.) A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.
Bellows Fish :: Bellows fish () A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish..
Snipper :: Snipper (n.) One who snips.
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