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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.
Cutting off or shortening with shears or scissors; diminishing coin by paring off the edges; curtailing.

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

  1. present participle of clip

Noun

clipping (countable and uncountable, plural clippings)

  1. (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
    a clipping of hair
    grass clippings
  2. (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
  3. (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word).
    The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".
  4. (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

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