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snips

snips

6.5
A small strong pair of scissors for cutting thin metal sheets
  • noun
  • /snɪps/
  • Specialized
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  • He used the snips to cut through the sheet metal with ease.

It uses a pretty janky mounting adapter that Jake made by hand, but I cut that with tin snips.

Examples

  • This is the Fiskars micro snips, I think, and they are incredible.

  • And now the easiest way to process the corn is to just grab your snips or pruners.

  • I want some snips, these bad boys right here.

  • OK, so I'm going to start off with my snips here.

  • I knew you'd get here, Snips, eventually.

    Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

  • AND A PAIR OF TIN SNIPS AND A PHILLIPS HEAD.

    Murder by Numbers (2002)

  • He also learned about new tools and all these different kind of tongs and pliers and snips and clips and shears and bending tools.

  • (SNIPS)

    The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

  • To create the project, you will need a pair of snips for cutting the thin material.

  • Make sure to have sharp snips handy when working with wire or fabric.

Synonyms

cutter
vssnips
67 2.5

A tool used to cut materials like glass or dough

is a specific hand tool for thin sheet metal rather than general cutting use
shears
vssnips
1 3.0

Large strong scissors for cutting thick things like hedges or cloth

is a smaller hand tool for cutting thin sheet metal not thick material
snipper
vssnips
  • UK
1 4.3

A person or tool that cuts threads and trims small plants

is a hand tool for cutting thin sheet metal not small delicate trimming
tinsnips
vssnips
7.3

A hand tool for cutting thin sheets of metal

is used for sheet metal and also for other thin materials

How Strong

bolt cutter
12 3.9
shears
1 3.0
snips
  • Specialized
6.5
scissors
105 1.0

Surface Forms

snip singular
snips plural

Morphology

snips = snip (semi-transparent) = snip + s

Form is clearly 'snip' + plural/derivational '-s', but the tool name uses a plural form as a singular noun and denotes a specialized instrument, which may not be fully predictable to learners.

Etymology

Snips starts from the short word snip, an imitating word that copies the quick 'snip' sound of a small cut. So snips are the tools, like strong scissors, named for making quick, precise cuts in thin metal.