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CLIPPING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of clipping or snipping

Synonyms:

clip; clipping; snip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("clipping" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clipping"):

nip; pinch (a small sharp bite or snip)

Derivation:

clip (sever or remove by pinching or snipping)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cutting down to the desired size or shape

Synonyms:

clipping; trim; trimming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("clipping" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clipping"):

pruning (the act of trimming a plant)

Derivation:

clip (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

Example:

he searched through piles of letters and clippings

Synonyms:

clipping; cutting; newspaper clipping; press clipping; press cutting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("clipping" is a kind of...):

excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb clip

Credits

 Context examples: 

Just as emotionlessly as he had received "The Shame of the Sun" did he read the reviews of it that came in weekly from the clipping bureau.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"Look at this," said Gatsby quickly. "Here's a lot of clippings—about you."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)