"snippy snip" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snippy snips [plural]
Etymology: Built on snip. Etymology templates: {{m|en|snip}} snip Head templates: {{en-noun}} snippy snip (plural snippy snips)
  1. (humorous) A cut or incision. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-snippy_snip-en-noun-HXV8fjlK
  2. (humorous) A cut or incision.
    (specifically, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
    Tags: euphemistic, humorous, specifically
    Sense id: en-snippy_snip-en-noun-32~TY2ZQ Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003 January 31, Sharon B, “Martha's quest for male abandoners, was Re: Father abandons newborn; was Re: Abandonment or Death”, in soc.men (Usenet)",
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