Snip-snap
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Snip-snap is a verb meaning To shut, close, bite, etc., with a brisk snap.
Meaning
To shut, close, bite, etc., with a brisk snap.
More Meanings
- A sharp snapping sound.
- (idiomatic) A tart dialogue with quick replies.
Example Sentences
snip-snap short, and interruption smart
The daily snip-snaps and hubbubs between the cross-purposed couple accentuated that tendency in her. After each altercation Mrs. Coley was seized with an hysterical attack, and my services were needed.
He had picked a small section of scrub behind his shanty which the lagoon below cut into paintable patterns, and with easel snip-snapped up and palette set, was going through the essential preliminary of peering at it[.]
No doubt of it, Edmund was at grips with that bumptious little hairy dog. They were going it at the very top note of sadistic fury, screaming and snip-snapping in such a lightning mixture of black and white murder that the eye could not follow it.
Word Forms
- snip-snaps
- snip-snapping
- snip-snapped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include snap, knap, snam, knip, snib, snig.
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