snipping
Quick small cuts
Snipping is the act of cutting with short, quick strokes—typically with scissors or shears.
It suggests small, precise cuts rather than long slashes: She was snipping herbs from the garden.
In computing, snipping refers to capturing a selected portion of the screen: I'll send you a snipping of that error message.
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
- barberProfessional who trims locks
- stylistHair or fashion expert
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
haircut · bangs · fringe · layers · bob · pixie · fade · undercut
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- slicingCutting into portions
- severingCutting apart completely
sectioning · clipping · trimming · cutting · paper · coupons · ribbon · thread
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
- fabricWoven or knit material
- threadFiber for stitching
seams · hemming · alterations · patterns · cutting · trimming · notching · dressmaking
Heavy-duty cutting blades
- secateursGarden cutting tool
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
- bonsaiCultivated miniature potted tree
- topiaryShaped shrub sculpture
deadheading · thinning · pinching · shaping · clipping · trimming · nodes · lateral
Obscuring sensitive text
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- excisingCutting something out
- deletingRemoving from existence
- condensingReducing in volume
trimming · revision · proofreading · copyediting · manuscript · text · passages · paragraphs
scissors
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
salon · haircut · bangs · fringe · layers · bob · pixie · fade · undercut · taper
scissors
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
severing · sectioning · clipping · trimming · cutting · paper · coupons · ribbon · thread · tags
scissors
Pivoted twin-blade cutter
thread · seams · hemming · alterations · patterns · cutting · trimming · notching · dressmaking · seamstress
shears
Heavy-duty cutting blades
- secateursGarden cutting tool
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
- bonsaiCultivated miniature potted tree
topiary · deadheading · thinning · pinching · shaping · clipping · trimming · nodes · lateral · stems
redaction
Obscuring sensitive text
condensing · trimming · revision · proofreading · copyediting · manuscript · text · passages · paragraphs · sections
- Shorteningsabbreviation, acronym, initialism, contraction, truncation
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- cutting outtrimming, clipping, cropping, pruning, excising
- shorteningabbreviation, abbreviating, abridgment, truncating, truncation
- cropping termstrimming, cutting, resizing, framing, clipping
- Snipping ToolScreen region capture software