Snipped

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Cut off or clipped with a quick, sharp action, usually done with a pair of scissors
2. Having been trimmed or severed in a brief, clean cut, often with small scissors or shears
3. Cut through or away in small, quick clippings, typically with a pair of scissors

Etymology: "Snipped" is simply the past tense and past participle of "snip," so its story is really the story of the verb. "Snip" most likely came into English from Dutch "snippen" or Low German "snippen," meaning to snip or to shred. Its origin is imitative: the word echoes the quick, crisp sound of cutting with scissors, much as "snap" echoes a sharp break. The verb has long been used for quick cuts of small pieces, especially with scissors, and that sense has carried over into everyday talk about trimming or removing things in a few deft movements. A snipped piece of paper, a snipped hedge, or a snipped thread all come from the same sound-driven idea of clipping something short and neat.

Synonyms: cut, trimmed, clipped, sheared

Antonyms: attached, joined, connected