snip

nouns

a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
snip, snippet, snipping
the act of clipping or snipping
clip, clipping, snip

verbs

sever or remove by pinching or snipping
"nip off the flowers"
clip, nip, nip off, snip, snip off
is derived from
snipping
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"
clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim