Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to snip
Participle: snipped
Gerund: snipping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | snip |
| you | snip |
| he;she;it | snips |
| we | snip |
| you | snip |
| they | snip |
Perfect
| I | have snipped |
| you | have snipped |
| he;she;it | has snipped |
| we | have snipped |
| you | have snipped |
| they | have snipped |
Past
| I | snipped |
| you | snipped |
| he;she;it | snipped |
| we | snipped |
| you | snipped |
| they | snipped |
Pluperfect
| I | had snipped |
| you | had snipped |
| he;she;it | had snipped |
| we | had snipped |
| you | had snipped |
| they | had snipped |
Future
| I | will snip |
| you | will snip |
| he;she;it | will snip |
| we | will snip |
| you | will snip |
| they | will snip |
Future Perfect
| I | will have snipped |
| you | will have snipped |
| he;she;it | will have snipped |
| we | will have snipped |
| you | will have snipped |
| they | will have snipped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | snip |
| you | snip |
| he;she;it | snip |
| we | snip |
| you | snip |
| they | snip |
Perfect
| I | have snipped |
| you | have snipped |
| he;she;it | have snipped |
| we | have snipped |
| you | have snipped |
| they | have snipped |
Imperfect
| I | snipped |
| you | snipped |
| he;she;it | snipped |
| we | snipped |
| you | snipped |
| they | snipped |
Pluperfect
| I | had snipped |
| you | had snipped |
| he;she;it | had snipped |
| we | had snipped |
| you | had snipped |
| they | had snipped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would snip |
| you | would snip |
| he;she;it | would snip |
| we | would snip |
| you | would snip |
| they | would snip |
Perfect
| I | would have snipped |
| you | would have snipped |
| he;she;it | would have snipped |
| we | would have snipped |
| you | would have snipped |
| they | would have snipped |
Imperative
| you | snip |
| we | Let's snip |
| you | snip |
Verbs conjugated like 'snip'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'snip'
nip,
ship,
sip,
skip,
slip,
snib,
snie,
snig,
snipe,
stip,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.
Verbs referencing "snip"
English
snub, Danish
snuble, German, old spelling
schnipsen.
Sample Sentences
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I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.
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The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores […] but I snipt […]some of it for my own share. [1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J[ohn] Brotherton, […], J[ohn] Graves […], A[nne] Dodd, […], and T[homas] Warner, […], →OCLC:]
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Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped. [2001, David Cohen, The Father's Book: Being a Good Dad in the 21st Century, John WIley & Sons Ltd, published 2001, →ISBN, page 72:]
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His children, however, were not snipped, possibly because Princess Diana was opposed to the practice, which is out of fashion in England. [2008, Ilene Schneider, Talk Dirty Yiddish: Beyond Drek: The Curses, Slang, and Street Lingo You Need to Know When You Speak Yiddish, Adams Media, published 2008, →ISBN, page 150:]
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By the outbreak of the First World War such claims had diminished and the medical profession touted circumcision as being 'hygienic' — fathers were not only encouraged to have their newborn sons snipped, but to belatedly enjoy the benefits themselves. [2012, Tom Hickman, God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis, Square Peg, published 2012, →ISBN, page 144:]
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"No, Jo, it wasn't one bit crowded, there was room enought ^([sic]) for everyone," she burbled on. "And we were there, and all these other wymeen too, of all shapes, sizes, and colors..."
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"Hmpgh! Very politically correct!" Jo snipped. [1980 August 16, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 19:]