Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Something cut off or out, especially an item clipped from a newspaper or magazine.
- n. See clipped form.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of embracing.
- Embracing; encircling.
- In heraldry, clasping, as two hands. See conjoined.
- n. The act of cutting or shearing off.
- n. A sheep-shearing.
- n. That which is clipped off or out; a piece separated by clipping: as, tailors' clippings; a newspaper clipping.
- Swift: as, a clipping pace.
- Smart; showy; first-rate.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of clip.
- n. The action of the verb to clip.
- n. A piece of something removed by clipping.
- n. An article clipped from a newspaper.
- n. A short form (of a word).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of embracing.
- n. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.
- n. That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping.
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. cutting down to the desired size or shape
- n. the act of clipping or snipping
- n. an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
Examples
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“The back inside cover with a clipping from a magazine.”
“At left: a clipping from a newspaper article about the pursuit, as well as a mugshot of unknown origin.”
“A clipping from the Natal Daily News showing the photographs of several Servicemen from Natal who had been captured or wounded.”
“The idea that DVD clipping is simply a matter of convenience compared to other methods is deeply flawed as applied to noncommercial remix.”
“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:”
“I like this clipping from a police blotter in the Silicon Valley area.”
“Traditionally, this meant a clipping from a newspaper, magazine or similar printed publication or a wire transmission.”
“This is another clipping from a magazine someone gave me.”
“The newspaper/obituary clipping is probably our most viable source of information because the producers know that the people obsessed with every detail of the show are not going to overlook what the obituary says.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘clipping’.
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Open List: Sheepishness
Everything sheep, from Artiodactyla to zodiac.
lanolin, ram, ewe, Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulate, ruminant, Ovis aries, ovine, domestic, domesticated, neotenic, mouflon and 390 more...
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Audio Argot
Inspired by the Audio Cyclopedia, by Howard M. Tremaine
scoring stage, anechoic, selsyn-interlock ..., lavalier, duller, mutual conductance, negative feedback, tangent error, Barkhausen noise, blimp, flutter meter, tweeter and 16 more...
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Neologistics
Basically this is a "words about words" list with a focus on neologism generation in all its various forms.
wordplay, paronomasia, madeupical, logodaedaly, onomatopoeic, verbification, nominalization, recontextualization, spoonerism, typo recycling, sloganeer, wordsmith and 59 more...
trochee another definition is from audio jargon, where input exceeds the dynamic capacity of a microphone and is "clipped". Feb 4, 2010
slumry one of the definitions is "to shorten a word by dropping one or more syllables" Jun 18, 2007