snip
/snɪp/verb, noun
snip is spelled S-N-I-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, snip means “To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in snip?
| Letters | 4: S-N-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,320th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is snip?
Snip appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,320th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce snip?
- /snɪp/
Snip has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-snip.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with snip
Sounds like: SNP (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with snip?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as snip.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spin, pins.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of snip
- snips present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- snipping participle, present
- snipped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does snip mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.
- 2
To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
- 3
To break off; to snatch away.
- 4
informalTo circumcise.
- 5
informalTo perform a vasectomy.
- 6
To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
- 7
To speak or say in a snippish manner.
noun
- 1
The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- 2
A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- 3
A small amount of something; a pinch.
- 4
A piece cut out by snipping.
- 5
informalSomething acquired for a low price; a bargain.
That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.
- 6
A vasectomy.
- 7
informalA small or weak person, especially a young one.
- 8
Removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Snip in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does snip come from?
From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).