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noun

a word formed by dropping one or more syllables from a longer word or phrase with no change in meaning, as deli from delicatessen or flu from influenza.

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Also called clipped word, clipping, shortening.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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clipped form

—n
	a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor

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