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CLIPPING
clip, clipping, snip
(noun) the act of clipping or snipping
trim, trimming, clipping
(noun) cutting down to the desired size or shape
clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting
(noun) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; “he searched through piles of letters and clippings”
CLIP
clip, curtail, cut short
(verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; “My speech was cut short”; “Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries”
snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; “dress the plants in the garden”
clip
(verb) attach with a clip; “clip the papers together”
nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
(verb) sever or remove by pinching or snipping; “nip off the flowers”
trot, jog, clip
(verb) run at a moderately swift pace
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
clipping
present participle of clip
Noun
clipping (countable and uncountable, plural clippings)
(countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
(countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
(countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word) created by removing syllables.
(uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
(uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
(uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
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
Source: Wiktionary
Clip"ping, n.
1. The act of embracing. [Obs.]
2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins. 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.
CLIP
Clip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clipped (; p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping.] Etym: [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, klypa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.]
1. To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak.
2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. Sentenced to have his ears clipped. Macaulay.
3. To curtail; to cut short. All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. Shak. In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. Swift.
Clip, v. i.
Definition: To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it. Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. Dryden.
Clip, n.
1. An embrace. Sir P. Sidney.
2. A cutting; a shearing.
3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. Knight.
6. (Far.)
Definition: A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak. Youatt.
7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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