Snip vs Deal - What's the difference?

snip | deal |

As nouns the difference between snip and deal

is that snip is the act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something while deal is (slang) a deal.

As a verb snip

is to cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

snip

English

Verb

(en-verb)

To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.

To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.

To break off; to snatch away.

* Daniel Defoe

The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores but I snipped some of it for my own share.

(informal) To circumcise.

* 2001 , David Cohen, The Father's Book: Being a Good Dad in the 21st Century , John WIley & Sons Ltd (2001), ISBN 0470841338, page 72:

Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped .

* 2008 , Ilene Schneider, Talk Dirty Yiddish: Beyond Drek: The Curses, Slang, and Street Lingo You Need to Know When You Speak Yiddish , Adams Media (2008), ISBN 9781598698565, page 150:

His children, however, were not snipped , possibly because Princess Diana was opposed to the practice, which is out of fashion in England.

* 2012 , Tom Hickman, God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis , Square Peg (2012), ISBN 9780224095532, page 144:

By the outbreak of the First World War such claims had diminished and the medical profession touted circumcision as being 'hygienic' — fathers were not only encouraged to have their newborn sons snipped , but to belatedly enjoy the benefits themselves.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.

Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.

That wholesale lot on eBay was a snip at $10

A small amount of something; a pinch.

A vasectomy.

A small or weak person, especially a young one.

* 2010 — Ellen Renner, Castle of Shadows , Hachette UK, 2010 ISBN 1408313723.

'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!'

(obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.

(rfquotek, L'Estrange)

(obsolete, slang) A tailor.

(Nares)

(Charles Kingsley)

Derived terms

* snipper * snippy

Anagrams

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deal

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at dole.

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.

An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (''now usually qualified by'' (great) ''or (good)).

*:And so they alle bare hym vnto the hermytage / and vnarmed hym / and layd hym in his bedde / & euer more his wound bledde pytously / but he stered no lymme of hym / Thenne the knyghte heremyte put a thynge in his nose and a lytel dele of water in his mouthe / And thenne sir launcelot waked of his swoune / and thenne the heremyte staunched his bledynge

*1814 , (Jane Austen), Mansfield Park , Ch.2:

*:There is a vast deal of difference in memories, as well as in every thing else, and therefore you should make allowance for your cousin, and pity her deficiency.

*1851 , (Herman Melville), Moby-Dick , Ch.32:

*:There is a deal of obscurity concerning the identity of the species thus multitudinously baptized.

*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne

, chapter=3, title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5387037W Well Tackled!] , passage=“They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal . A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.”}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson

, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title=[http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/18/falling-upwards-richard-holmes-review Fantasy of navigation] , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

A unit of volume equal to 12 ft × 11 in × 1.5 in, used to measure firewood.

Synonyms

* (act of apportioning or distributing) allotment, apportionment, distribution, doling out]], [[share, sharing, sharing out * (large number or amount or extent) batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, load, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

Derived terms

* (indefinite quantity) a great deal, a good deal, big deal, real deal

Etymology 2

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Verb

To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.

The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.

* Tickell

Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.

To administer or give out, as in small portions.

* 1820 , , The Abbot , ch. 30:

"Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?"

* {{quote-news

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To distribute cards to the players in a game.

I was dealt four aces.

The cards were shuffled and dealt by the croupier.

(baseball) To pitch.

The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.

To have dealings or business.

* 1838 , , Oliver Twist , ch. 11:

Mr. Brownlow contrived to state his case; observing that, in the surprise of the moment, he had run after the boy because he saw him running away; and expressing his hope that, if the magistrate should believe him, although not actually the thief, to be connected with thieves; he would deal as leniently with him as justice would allow.

To conduct oneself, to behave.

* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:

In Deheubarth'' that now South-wales is hight, / What time king ''Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...].

(obsolete) To take action; to act.

* 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book IV:

Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me dele .

To trade professionally (followed by in ).

She deals in gold.

To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.

To be concerned with.

* 1922 , , Ulysses , episode 14:

Science, it cannot be too often repeated, deals with tangible phenomena.

To handle, to manage, to cope.

* 1897 , , Dracula , ch 19:

Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were dealing with him.

I can't deal with this.

Synonyms

* (distribute among a number of recipients) apportion, divvy up, share, share out, portion out * (administer in portions) administer, allot, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out * * pitch, throw * (have dealings with) * (trade) sell, trade, bargain * sell * (be concerned with) *

Derived terms

* deal with * dealer * dealy

Noun

(en noun)

An act of dealing or sharing.

The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

I didn’t have a good deal all evening.

I believe it's your deal .

A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction

We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.

* 2014 , Jamie Jackson, "[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/26/angel-di-maria-completes-move-to-manchester-united Ángel di María says Manchester United were the ‘only club’ after Real]", The Guardian , 26 August 2014:

The deal , which overtakes the £50m paid to Liverpool by Chelsea for Fernando Torres in January 2011 as the highest paid by a British club, takes United’s summer spend to £130.7m, following the £27m spent on Luke Shaw, the £28m for Ander Herrera and £16m for Marcos Rojo.

Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

* 2009 , The Guardian , Virginia Wallis, 22 Jul 2009:

You also have to look at the kind of mortgage deals available to you and whether you will be able to trade up to the kind of property you are looking for.

An agreement between parties; an arrangement

* 2009 , Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times , 20 Jul 2009:

California lawmakers, their state broke and its credit rating shot, finally sealed the deal with the governor Monday night on a plan to close a $26 billion budget gap.

He made a deal with the devil.

(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.

"''I've never killed anybody before. I don't see what's the big deal ."

Line spoken by character played by John Travolta in the movie Broken Arrow .

What's the deal ?

(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.

Synonyms

* (cards held in a card game by a player at any given time) hand * (instance of buying or selling) business deal, sale, trade, transaction * (a beneficial transaction) steal, bargain * (agreement between parties fixing obligations of each) contract, pact

Derived terms

* no deal * package deal * raw deal * sweetheart deal

Etymology 3

From (etyl) (m), cognate with (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

Synonyms

* * (plank of softwood)

Adjective

(-)

Made of deal.

A plain deal table

* 1913 ,

She glanced round the kitchen. It was small and curious to her, with its glittering kissing-bunch, its evergreens behind the pictures, its wooden chairs and little deal table.

* 1919 ,

Through the open door you see a red-tiled floor, a large wooden bed, and on a deal table a ewer and a basin.

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