"snip-snap" meaning in All languages combined

See snip-snap on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: snip-snaps [plural]
Etymology: Reduplication of snap. Head templates: {{en-noun}} snip-snap (plural snip-snaps)
  1. A sharp snapping sound.
    Sense id: en-snip-snap-en-noun-0CWTTJlg Categories (other): English apophonic reduplications, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 79 8 13 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 10 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 7 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 5 4
  2. (idiomatic) A tart dialogue with quick replies. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-snip-snap-en-noun-MUT1kdG-

Verb [English]

Forms: snip-snaps [present, singular, third-person], snip-snapping [participle, present], snip-snapped [participle, past], snip-snapped [past]
Etymology: Reduplication of snap. Head templates: {{en-verb|snip-snaps|snip-snapping|snip-snapped|snip-snapped}} snip-snap (third-person singular simple present snip-snaps, present participle snip-snapping, simple past and past participle snip-snapped)
  1. To shut, close, bite, etc., with a brisk snap.
    Sense id: en-snip-snap-en-verb-PRrNMN3G

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 40:",
          "text": "He had picked a small section of scrub behind his shanty which the lagoon below cut into paintable patterns, and with easel snip-snapped up and palette set, was going through the essential preliminary of peering at it[.]",
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        {
          "ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 140:",
          "text": "No doubt of it, Edmund was at grips with that bumptious little hairy dog. They were going it at the very top note of sadistic fury, screaming and snip-snapping in such a lightning mixture of black and white murder that the eye could not follow it.",
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        "A sharp snapping sound."
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          "ref": "1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin, London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:",
          "text": "snip-snap short, and interruption smart",
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          "ref": "1933, American Medicine, volume 39, page 73:",
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