clipped form
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.
- Also called clipped word, clipping, shortening.
- Compare back clipping, fore clipping.
Words Nearby clipped form
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How to use clipped form in a sentence
So strong is the accent on the y, that the word has been reduced in E. to the clipped form 'vie; see Vie in my Etym.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) | Geoffrey Chaucer
British Dictionary definitions for clipped form
clipped form
noun
a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
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