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clip⋅ping
[klip-ing]
–noun
| 1. | the act of a person or thing that clips. |
| 2. | a piece clipped off or out, esp. an article, advertisement, etc., clipped from a newspaper or magazine. |
| 3. | clipped form. |
–adjective
| 4. | serving or tending to clip. |
| 5. | Informal. swift: a clipping pace. |
clip
1 [klip]
verb, clipped, clipped or clipt, clip⋅ping, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears: to clip a rose from a bush. |
| 2. | to trim by cutting: to clip a hedge. |
| 3. | to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear: to clip a poodle. |
| 4. | to pare the edge of (a coin). Compare sweat (def. 22). |
| 5. | to cut short; curtail: We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier. |
| 6. | to pronounce rapidly, with precise articulation and with omission of certain sounds, as of unstressed vowels: an annoying habit of clipping his words. |
| 7. | to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables. |
| 8. | Informal. to hit with a quick, sharp blow: He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch. |
| 9. | Slang. to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook. |
–verb (used without object)
| 10. | to clip or cut something. |
| 11. | to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc. |
| 12. | to move swiftly: He clipped along the highway on his motorcycle. |
| 13. | Archaic. to fly rapidly. |
–noun
| 14. | the act of clipping. |
| 15. | anything clipped off, esp. the wool shorn at a single shearing of sheep. |
| 16. | the amount of wool shorn in one season. |
| 17. | clips, (used with a plural verb ) an instrument for clipping; shears. |
| 18. | film clip. |
| 19. | Informal. clipping (def. 2). |
| 20. | Informal. a quick, sharp blow: a clip on the jaw. |
| 21. | rate; pace: at a rapid clip. |
Origin:
1150–1200; ME clippen < ON klippa to clip, cut
1150–1200; ME clippen < ON klippa to clip, cut

Related forms:
clip⋅pa⋅ble, adjective
clip
2 [klip]
noun, verb, clipped, clip⋅ping.–noun
| 1. | a device that grips and holds tightly. |
| 2. | a metal or plastic clasp for holding together papers, letters, etc. |
| 3. | cartridge clip. |
| 4. | an article of jewelry or other decoration clipped onto clothing, shoes, hats, etc. |
| 5. | a flange on the upper surface of a horseshoe. |
| 6. | Also called lug. Shipbuilding. a short length of angle iron connecting and maintaining the angle between two members or surfaces. |
| 7. | Archaic. an embrace. |
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 8. | to grip tightly; fasten with or as if with a clip. |
| 9. | to encircle; encompass. |
| 10. | Football. to block by illegally throwing the body across a player's legs from behind. |
| 11. | Archaic. to embrace or hug. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME clippen, OE clyppan to embrace, surround; c. OFris kleppa
bef. 900; ME clippen, OE clyppan to embrace, surround; c. OFris kleppa

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.
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| clipped form (klĭpt) n. A word formed by dropping one or more syllables from a polysyllabic word, such as gas from gasoline or phone from telephone. Also called clipping. |
clip·ping (klĭp'ĭng) n.
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Clipping
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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Language Translation for : clipping
Spanish:
recorte,
German:
der Zeitungsausschnitt,
Japanese:
切り抜き
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