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Definition of Clipping
1. Noun. An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine. "He searched through piles of letters and clippings"
Generic synonyms: Excerpt, Excerption, Extract, Selection
2. Noun. Cutting down to the desired size or shape.
Generic synonyms: Cut, Cutting, Cutting Off
Specialized synonyms: Pruning
Derivative terms: Clip, Trim, Trim, Trim, Trim, Trim
3. Noun. The act of clipping or snipping.
Generic synonyms: Cut, Cutting, Cutting Off
Specialized synonyms: Nip, Pinch
Derivative terms: Clip, Clip, Clip, Snip, Snip
Definition of Clipping
1. n. The act of embracing.
Definition of Clipping
1. Verb. (present participle of clip) ¹
2. Noun. A piece of something removed by clipping. ¹
3. Noun. An article clipped from a newspaper. ¹
4. Noun. (countable linguistics) A short form (of a word). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clipping
1. something that is clipped out or off [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clipping
Literary usage of Clipping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Veterinary Surgery by William Williams (1882)
"With reference to the clipping of horses, I am of opinion that it is a great
advantage ; they work better after being clipped; thrive on less food; ..."
2. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"I clip Yews when I want to make a hedge of them, but then I am clipping a ...
I do not clip my Yew trees, because clipping destroys the shape of one of the ..."
3. The Book of the Farm by Henry Stephens (1852)
"THE SECOND STAGE ОТ clipping A SHEEP. keeping the skin tight, while the right
... This is the third position in clipping. The wool having been bared to the ..."
4. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, John Radford Young, Wm S Orr, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1856)
"clipping ox Shearing Strain.—The strain which a body undergoes when it is divided
across by means of shears, or any instrument consisting of two blades that ..."
5. The Prose Works of William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth (1876)
"The clipping Tree, a name which yet it bears' (foot-note on 1. 169). clipping is
the word used in the North of England for shearing. 78. ..."
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