snip-snap

[frindle]

Hello.
I'm wondering what 'snip-snap' sound means exactly in the context below.
(I don't think it's from scissors.)
Is it a just cracking sound from the cracks of doors?


Mama opened windows wide,
turned off the lights, crawled into bed
and drifted off to sleep.

Tick-tock, the clock.
Snip-snap, the cracks.

Then...
ROAWR!

(A boy in the picture book is thinking there's a bear in the house.)

[Tdol]

I think it is in this context, though normally I would associate it with something metallic like scissors.

[Raymott]

I'd say it means cracks in the floor. It's almost universal that wooden floors makes noises - they're normally called 'creaks', not cracks, and they're not caused by cracks, but by warps in the wood.
I wouldn't use 'snip snap' for that sound either - 'crick-crack' maybe.

[frindle]

Thank you^^