clipping

Plural: clippings

Noun

• A piece cut or trimmed from something, like a newspaper article.
• an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
  • "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
• cutting down to the desired size or shape
• the act of clipping or snipping
• The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
• A piece of something removed by clipping.
• An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
• A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
• A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
• The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
• The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
• Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.

Verb

• sever or remove by pinching or snipping
• run at a moderately swift pace
• attach with a clip
• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
• terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
• present participle and gerund of clip

Adj

• Excellent; very good.

Examples

• a clipping of hair
• grass clippings
• He used a CLIPPING from an old magazine to prove his obscure word was valid.
• The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".

Synonyms

clip, crop, curtail, cut back, cut short, cutting, dress, jog, lop, newspaper clipping, nip, nip off, press clipping, press cutting, prune, snip, snip off, trim, trimming, trot, offcut, short form, snippet

Antonyms

unclip

Related Words

aphaeresis, apocope, metaplasm, procope, syncope

Anagrams of clipping