clipped form

American  

noun

1. 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.

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clipped form British  

noun

1. a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor

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Example Sentences

It’s related to annoy, so think of it as a clipped form of annoy some.

From Literature

As a rule, each particular Roman town retained its full name, in a more or less clipped form, for official uses; but in the ordinary colloquial language of the neighbourhood they all seem to have been described as 'the Ceaster' simply, just as we ourselves habitually speak of 'town,' meaning the particular town near which we live, or, in a more general sense, London.

From Project Gutenberg