Clipping Definition
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English
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- Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Verb
clipping
- Present participle of clip.
Noun
clipping (countable and uncountable; plural clippings)
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to clip.
- (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
- a clipping of hair
- grass clippings
- (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
- (linguistics) A short form (of a word).
- The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".
Synonyms
- (piece of something removed by clipping): offcut, snippet
- (article clipped from a newspaper): cutting, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting
- (word formed by shortening another): See short form
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