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

back burner, back burner, on a, back catalogue, back channel, back clearance, back clipping, back country, back dive, back door, back down, back electromotive force

Compare apocope, clipped form, fore clipping.

Also called hind clipping.

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