- snip (n.)
- 1550s, "small piece of cut-out cloth," probably from Dutch or Low German snippen "to snip, shred," of imitative origin. Meaning "cut made by scissors" is from 1590s. As a nickname or cant word for a tailor, 1590s. Snip-snap-snorum, the card game, is 1755, from Low German.
- snip (v.)
- "to cut at one light, quick stroke," 1580s, from snip (n.). Related: Snipped; snipping.