Meanings
- uncountableAct of snippeting, excerpting.
Yet the information obtained is immense, and will, we suspect, when published in a readable form,— for snippeting spoils Mr. Senior's work,— have an important influence over public opinion.
1864, “Mr. Nassau Senior”, in Littell’s Living Age, volume 82, page 230Synonyms: excerpting
- uncountableSound of snipping, as in scissors.
There was a snippeting of scissors, and snappeting of thread …
1902, Beatrix Potter, The Tailor of Gloucester1 more example
… sounded like the working of a pair of fine silver scissors snippeting a measured line along the margin of the dark …
2005, Rafi Zabor, I, Wabenzi,, page 294
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of snippet
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAct of snippeting, excerpting.
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