About The Word Clipping
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Clipping
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What's The Definition Of Clipping?
[n] the act of clipping or snipping
[n] cutting down to the desired size or shape [n] an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" Synonyms | Synonyms for Clipping: clip | cutting | newspaper clipping | press clipping | press cutting | snip | trim | trimming Related Terms | Find terms related to Clipping: abbreviation | ana | analects | anthology | apocope | aposiopesis | bit | butt | chip | chunk | clip | clippings | collectanea | collection | collop | contraction | crasis | crumb | cut | cutting | cuttings | dollop | elision | ellipsis | end | excerpta | excerpts | extracts | florilegium | flowers | fragment | fragments | gleanings | gob | gobbet | hunk | lump | miscellanea | miscellany | modicum | moiety | morsel | paring | particle | piece | pruning | rasher | scoop | scrap | shard | shaving | shiver | shortening | shred | slice | sliver | smithereen | snack | snatch | snip | snippet | splinter | stitch | stump | syncope | syneresis | tatter | truncation See Also | cut | cutting | cutting off | excerpt | extract | pruning | selection Clipping In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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