snip-n; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: a small separate piece of anything

Commentary: SNIP[+quantity][+section][+piece][+separate][+small][+of_anything]

Examples:
They took a snip of hair for the DNA sample.
Add just a snip of fresh thyme to the sauce to finish it.
Mary swept up the snips of cloth under her sewing table.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: the act of clipping, cutting

Commentary: SNIP[+event][+cutting][+clipping]

Examples:
WIth a snip of the scissors, the stylist cut off Sally's long tresses.
Make a small snip along each of these dotted lines.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: an insignificant person

Commentary: SNIP[+person][+status][+insignificant]

Examples:
They were shocked to learn the author of the play was a snip of a school girl.
Imagine that little snip telling three professors they were wrong.

Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: a pair of hand shears

Commentary: SNIP[+artifact][+tool][+hand_shears]

Examples:
Sally used her new snips to prune the front bushes.

Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 3