From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snip \Snip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snipping.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.]
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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Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my
parents from those vicious excrescences to which that
age was subject. --Fuller.
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The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's
stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share.
--De Foe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snip \Snip\, n.
1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. --Shak.
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2. A small shred; a bit cut off. --Wiseman.
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3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] --L'Estrange
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4. A tailor. [Slang] --Nares. C. Kingsley.
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5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
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