English Dictionary

snip

IPA（発音記号）

/snɪp/

名詞

くだけた表現 定冠詞 婉語 古風 廃用 俗語

The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something. / A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool. / A small amount of something; a pinch. / A piece cut out by snipping.

日本語の意味

はさみなどで少量を切る行為、またはその行為によって生じた切断部分 / はさみやクリッパーなどで一度に切られた一切れ / 少しの量、僅かな部分 / 切り取られた一片

She fixed the torn sleeve with a single snip of her scissors.

彼女はハサミで一度チョキンと切って、破れた袖を直した。

意味（1）

The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.

意味（2）

A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.

意味（3）

A small amount of something; a pinch.

意味（4）

A piece cut out by snipping.

It was true about the fanmaking; the table and floor were littered with snips of paper.

意味（5）

(informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.

That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.

意味（6）

(definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.

意味（7）

(informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.

'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!'

意味（8）

(dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.

Nor was the lady's establishment more fortunate in gaining the regard of the household. The maid was a verjuiced spinster, too old to love herself, and too ill-natured to look on. The footman was a regular snip […]

意味（9）

(obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.

His Third Query is a Frank Proposal, without any more ado, of taking all the Church Lands into the Crown; and Courteously he offers the Poor Cavaliers a Snip in the Booty

意味（10）

(obsolete, slang) A tailor.

[…] you fool, why did you let out that you were a snip? I am not ashamed of my trade.”

snips （ plural ）