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Webster 1913 Edition
Clipping
Clip′ping
,Noun.
1.
The act of embracing.
[Obs.]
clipping
by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money. Locke.
3.
That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping;
as, newspaper
. clippings
Webster 1828 Edition
Clipping
CLIPPING
,ppr.
CLIPPING
,Noun.
1.
The act of cutting off, curtailing or diminishing.2.
That which is clipped off; a piece separated by clipping.Definition 2024
clipping
clipping
English
Verb
clipping
- present participle of clip
Noun
clipping (countable and uncountable, plural clippings)
- (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
- a clipping of hair
- grass clippings
- (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
- (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word).
- The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".
- (uncountable, signal processing) the process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level
Synonyms
- (piece of something removed by clipping): offcut, snippet
- (article clipped from a newspaper): cutting, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting
- (word formed by shortening another): short form
Translations
action of the verb "to clip"
piece of something removed by clipping
article clipped from a newspaper