snip

US: /ˈsnɪp/
UK: /snˈɪp/


English Vietnamese dictionary


snip /snip/
  • danh từ
    • sự cắt bằng kéo; vết cắt bằng kéo; miếng cắt ra
    • (số nhiều) kéo cắt tôn
    • (từ lóng) thợ may
    • (từ lóng) sự chắc thắng, sự ăn chắc (đua ngựa)
      • dead snip: sự ăn chắc trăm phần trăm
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) người tầm thường, nhãi ranh
    • động từ
      • cắt bằng kéo
        • to snip off the ends: cắt bớt những đầu (chỉ) lòng thòng

    Advanced English dictionary


    verb, noun
    + verb (-pp-) ~ (at / through) sth to cut sth with scissors using short quick strokes: [VN] Snip a tiny hole in the paper. + [V] She snipped at the loose threads hanging down.
    Phrasal Verbs: snip sth<->off to remove sth by cutting it with scissors in short quick strokes: Snip off the end of the tube. + She snipped several inches off his hair.
    + noun
    1 [C] an act of cutting sth with scissors; the sound that this makes: Make a series of small snips along the edge of the fabric. + Snip, snip, went the scissors.
    2 (snips) [pl.] a tool like large scissors, used for cutting metal
    3 (a snip) [sing.] (BrE, informal) a thing that is cheap and good value: It's a snip at only £25.

    Concise English dictionary


    snipped|snipping|snips|snipPed|snipPingsnɪp
    noun
    +a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
    +the act of clipping or snipping
    verb
    +sever or remove by pinching or snipping
    +cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of