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snib
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sn?b/
Noun
snib (plural snibs)
- (Scotland, Australia) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 99:
- He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 99:
- (obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.
- 1601, John Marston, What You Will
- ill - strain'd snibs
- 1601, John Marston, What You Will
Verb
snib (third-person singular simple present snibs, present participle snibbing, simple past and past participle snibbed)
- (Scotland, Australia) To latch (a door, window etc.).
- 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, VI:
- ‘Window is snibbed on the inner side. Frame-work is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.’
- 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, VI:
Anagrams
- ISBN, NiSb, bins, nibs
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snip
English
Etymology
From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sn?p/
- Homophone: SNP
- Rhymes: -?p
Verb
snip (third-person singular simple present snips, present participle snipping, simple past and past participle snipped)
- To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
- To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
- To break off; to snatch away.
- The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores […] but I snipt […] some of it for my own share.
- (informal) To circumcise.
- 2001, David Cohen, The Father's Book: Being a Good Dad in the 21st Century, John WIley & Sons Ltd (2001), ?ISBN, page 72:
- 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.
- 2008, Ilene Schneider, Talk Dirty Yiddish: Beyond Drek: The Curses, Slang, and Street Lingo You Need to Know When You Speak Yiddish, Adams Media (2008), ?ISBN, page 150:
- His children, however, were not snipped, possibly because Princess Diana was opposed to the practice, which is out of fashion in England.
- 2012, Tom Hickman, God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis, Square Peg (2012), ?ISBN, page 144:
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:snip.
- 2001, David Cohen, The Father's Book: Being a Good Dad in the 21st Century, John WIley & Sons Ltd (2001), ?ISBN, page 72:
- (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
Translations
Noun
snip (plural snips)
- The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
- That wholesale lot on eBay was a snip at $10
- A small amount of something; a pinch.
- (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
- A small or weak person, especially a young one.
- 2010, Ellen Renner, Castle of Shadows, Hachette UK, 2010 ?ISBN.
- 'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!'
- 2010, Ellen Renner, Castle of Shadows, Hachette UK, 2010 ?ISBN.
- (dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
- 1835, William Hamilton Maxwell, My Life (page 283)
- 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 […]
- 1835, William Hamilton Maxwell, My Life (page 283)
- (obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
- 1680, Roger L'Estrange, The Free-Born Subject, Or, the Englishmans Birthright Asserted Against All Tyrannical Vsvrpations Either in Church or State
- 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
- 1680, Roger L'Estrange, The Free-Born Subject, Or, the Englishmans Birthright Asserted Against All Tyrannical Vsvrpations Either in Church or State
- (obsolete, slang) A tailor.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
- Template:RQ:Kingsley Alton
Translations
Derived terms
- snipper
- snippy
References
Anagrams
- Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, spin
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch snippe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sn?p/
- Hyphenation: snip
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
snip f (plural snippen, diminutive snipje n)
- A snipe or woodcock, thin-beaked bird of the genera Gallinago, Scolopax, Lymnocryptes, Limnodromus and Coenocorypha.
- (informal, Netherlands) A 100 guilders banknote.
Derived terms
- houtsnip
- poelsnip
- snipverkouden
- watersnip
Descendants
- Afrikaans: snip
- ? Sranan Tongo: snepi
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