snipper

Examples

• All

• She used the snipper to trim the excess threads from her sewing project.

• You knew I was a snipper, right?

  Bloodrunners (2017)

• "How about you go out to the truck and get that band snipper?"

  Fiction book (1991)

• The gardener chose a small snipper to tidy up the plants in his flower bed.

• He carefully used the snipper to cut off the dead leaves from the bonsai tree.

Synonyms

C

cutter

vssnipper

67 2.5

A tool used to cut materials like glass or dough

is more specialized for small precise cuts of threads or plant parts

C

clipper

vssnipper

40 2.8

A small tool with blades used to cut hair or nails

focuses on smaller, precise trimming of threads or tiny plant parts

W

wire cutter

vssnipper

8 2.6

A hand tool with two handles and sharp blades for cutting wire

works for tiny threads and plant trimming rather than cutting metal wire

T

trimmer

vssnipper

6 3.0

A tool that cuts and makes edges neat, like wood or hair

focuses more on small, precise cuts of tiny pieces or threads

P

pruner

vssnipper

1 4.2

A tool with a long handle and curved blade for cutting small branches

is used for cutting tiny pieces, threads, or delicate plant parts

L

lopper

vssnipper

1 6.2

A long-handled tool with a sharp blade for cutting small tree branches

is for tiny cuts like threads and small plants rather than branch pruning

H

haircutter

vssnipper

2.7

A small machine like electric clippers that cuts hair

is for small or delicate cuts across threads and plants, not only hair

S

snips

vssnipper

• Specialized

6.5

A small strong pair of scissors for cutting thin metal sheets

handles small threads and plant trimming rather than cutting metal sheets

Antonyms

E

extender

3 4.1

A tool that makes something longer or reaches farther

J

joiner

• UK

1 5.5

A worker who makes and joins wooden parts like doors, windows, and furniture

Compounds

S

snipper-snapper

• Offensive

9.9

A person, often young, who gossips and says rude things about others

How Precise

snipper

• UK

1 4.3

scissors

105 1.0

cutter

67 2.5

to knife

• NSFW

2 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology