# snip

> English word · Verb · IPA /snɪp/ · frequency rank #35,522

## Definitions
1. To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
2. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
3. To break off; to snatch away.
4. To circumcise.
5. To perform a vasectomy.
6. To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
7. To speak or say in a snippish manner.

## Etymology
From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.

## Easily confused with
- **SP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-sp)
- **SNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-snp)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-sup)
- **SNL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-snl)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-sti)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-sui)
- **SSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-ssi)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-sop)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-soi)
- **Snr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-snr)
- **SNS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-sns)
- **STP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-stp)
- **SVP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-svp)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-stop)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-suit)
- **snow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-snow)
- **soil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-soil)
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-spin)
- **swim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-swim)
- **soap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snip-vs-soap)

## Common misspellings (6)
`nsip`, `sinp`, `snipp`, `snnip`, `snpi`, `ssnip`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/snip