Impertinent one

The answer

SNIP

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

Used 25 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1970. 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.

• JACKANAPES (1 uses in xd)
• OGLER (1 uses in xd)
• PRESUMER (1 uses in xd)
• SNOT (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
• Make a tiny cut - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Sound of scissors - used 23 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
• One - UNIT, used 118 times
• "Not guilty," for one - PLEA, used 117 times

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