Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something cut off or out, especially an item clipped from a newspaper or magazine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of embracing.
- Embracing; encircling.
- In heraldry, clasping, as two hands. See
conjoined . - Swift: as, a clipping pace.
- Smart; showy; first-rate.
- noun The act of cutting or shearing off.
- noun A sheep-shearing.
- noun That which is clipped off or out; a piece separated by clipping: as, tailors' clippings; a newspaper clipping.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of embracing.
- noun The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.
- noun That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping.
- noun (Football) The act of hitting a player from behind, for the purpose of blocking. It is illegal in football because it can lead to injury to the blocked player, who cannot anticipate the action. A penalty of 10 yards or more may be assessed against the team of the offending player.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
clip . - noun countable A piece of something removed by clipping.
- noun countable An
article clipped from anewspaper . - noun countable, linguistics A
short form (of a word).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cutting down to the desired size or shape
- noun the act of clipping or snipping
- noun an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
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Examples
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The back inside cover with a clipping from a magazine.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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A clipping from the Natal Daily News showing the photographs of several Servicemen from Natal who had been captured or wounded.
Mementoes 2010
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The back inside cover with a clipping from a magazine.
Another Box 2009
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Also, this causes the "favourites" heart icon to vanish, so no clipping is also possible.
ColorRotate Creates Design Colour Palettes | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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At left: a clipping from a newspaper article about the pursuit, as well as a mugshot of unknown origin.
David E. 2009
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At left: a clipping from a newspaper article about the pursuit, as well as a mugshot of unknown origin.
David E. 2009
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The idea that DVD clipping is simply a matter of convenience compared to other methods is deeply flawed as applied to noncommercial remix.
Archive 2009-05-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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The results are generally rather sad, but the following clipping from the New York Globe sums up the whole man-in-the-street point of view briefly, conclusively, and with engaging candour:
A Different Stripe: 2008
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The results are generally rather sad, but the following clipping from the New York Globe sums up the whole man-in-the-street point of view briefly, conclusively, and with engaging candour:
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I like this clipping from a police blotter in the Silicon Valley area.
Boing Boing 2008
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It has also emerged that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was warned three years ago about the risk of fraud presented by homecare agencies cutting visits short – a practice known as “clipping”.
‘He was still dirty’: stroke survivor fights homecare bill over visit lengths Robert Booth 2023
slumry commented on the word clipping
one of the definitions is "to shorten a word by dropping one or more syllables"
June 18, 2007
trochee commented on the word clipping
another definition is from audio jargon, where input exceeds the dynamic capacity of a microphone and is "clipped".
February 5, 2010