[Cf. SNIP-SNAP sb.]
1. intr. To indulge in snip-snap or smart repartee; to speak in a snappy manner.
1593. G. Harvey, Pierce’s Super., Wks. (Grosart), II. 313. If any whosoeuer will needes be offering abuse in fact, or snip-snapping in termes.
1826. Miss Mitford, Village, Ser. II. (1863), 367. ‘I believe … that you think I have nothing better to do than to read novels.’ And so she snip-snaps to the end of the visit.
1845. S. Judd, Margaret, I. xvii. 160. Pluck snipsnaps with his wife, cracks on Hash, shows his white teeth to Margaret.
2. To snip; to clip with a snipping sound. Hence Snip-snapping vbl. sb.
1906. Westm. Gaz., 14 July, 2/2. Scissors join in, with their snip-snapping, as a third bodice is cut out.
