Sassy one

The answer

SNIP

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNIP answer page.

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SMARTMOUTH (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SNIP

Every other clue in this collection answered by SNIP, most used first.

• Scissors sound - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Salon sound - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Quick cut - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Cut - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Use scissors - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbershop sound - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Short cut - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Small cut - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Cutting sound - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Impertinent one - used 25 times, most recently in 2011
• Make a tiny cut - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Sound of scissors - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit. - used 19 times, most recently in 1997
• Little cut - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Small piece. - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Use shears - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Clip - used 17 times, most recently in 2007
• Cut with scissors - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Hair salon sound - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Cut off - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Fragment - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Scissor sound - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Barber's motion - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Cut quickly - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny cut - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Barber's cut - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Insignificant one - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Cut short - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Impertinent person - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Make little cuts - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Quick scissor cut - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Scissor cut - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Trim - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Cut with small strokes - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Make short cuts? - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Sassy sort - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Scissors cut - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Shears sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Cut, as coupons - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Prune - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Scissor - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Shearing sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Shred. - used 8 times, most recently in 1980
• Small scissor cut - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Clipped-off piece - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Impertinent sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Saucy sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Make a small cut - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Sound at a salon - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• One of the Great Lakes - ERIE, used 258 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• From square one - ANEW, used 181 times
• Wise one - SAGE, used 146 times
• Sassy - PERT, used 142 times
• One - UNIT, used 118 times

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