snipper
One who trims
A snipper is one who snips—someone or something that cuts with short, quick strokes.
The word appears most often for tools: grass snippers, hedge snippers.
Applied to people, it suggests precise, small-scale cutting: a snipper of coupons, a snipper trimming loose threads.
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
- clippersHandheld cutting implements
- trimmingCutting away excess
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
clipping · cropping · cutting · nipping · paring · trimmer · secateurs · nippers
Degree of correctness
- dexteritySkillful hand coordination
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- controlAuthority to direct
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
neatness · carefulness · exactitude · steadiness · detail · clean-cut · surgical · meticulous
Clothing alteration professional
- seamstressOne who stitches garments
- dressmakerOne who sews garments
- scrapbookerHobby collector of mementos
- quilterLayered bedding crafter
collage · pattern · fabric · thread · seam · hem · appliqué · decoupage
scissors
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
pruning · clipping · cropping · cutting · nipping · paring · trimmer · secateurs · nippers · snippets
accuracy
Degree of correctness
delicacy · neatness · carefulness · exactitude · steadiness · detail · clean-cut · surgical · meticulous · careful
tailor
Clothing alteration professional
- seamstressOne who stitches garments
- dressmakerOne who sews garments
- scrapbookerHobby collector of mementos
quilter · collage · pattern · fabric · thread · seam · hem · appliqué · decoupage · stencil
- getting snipped
- code snippetSmall programming text excerpt
- Snipping ToolScreen region capture software