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back clipping

noun

a word formed by omitting the last part of the form from which it is derived.

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Nearby words

  1. back burner,
  2. back burner, on a,
  3. back catalogue,
  4. back channel,
  5. back clearance,
  6. back country,
  7. back dive,
  8. back door,
  9. back down,
  10. back electromotive force
Compare apocope, clipped form, fore clipping.
Also called hind clipping.
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