Read full poem →Whenever she goes in or out of the house.
Often she waits there, snipping the tips and
shrivelling
Dictionary Entry
The act of cutting something with scissors or shears, or a small piece that has been cut off.
In a Sentence
“The gardener was snipping away the dead branches from the rose bush.”
Origin
From the verb 'snip', possibly imitative of the sound of cutting.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “snipping”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.