From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
snip
n 1: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been
snipped off) [syn: snip, snippet, snipping]
2: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clip, clipping,
snip]
v 1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the
flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip
off]
2: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim,
lop, dress, prune, cut back]