clipping

[ klip-ing ]

/ ˈklɪp ɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person or thing that clips.

a piece clipped off or out, especially an article, advertisement, etc., clipped from a newspaper or magazine.

clipped form.

adjective

serving or tending to clip.

Informal. swift: a clipping pace.

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part, cutting, piece

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Origin of clipping

1300–50; Middle English. See clip¹, -ing², -ing¹

Related formsclip·ping·ly, adverb

clip

[ klip ]

/ klɪp /

verb (used with object), clipped, clipped or clipt, clip·ping.

to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears: to clip a rose from a bush.

to trim by cutting: to clip a hedge.

to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear: to clip a poodle.

to pare the edge of (a coin).Compare sweat(def 22).

to cut short; curtail: We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier.

to pronounce rapidly, with precise articulation and with omission of certain sounds, as of unstressed vowels: an annoying habit of clipping his words.

to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables.

Informal. to hit with a quick, sharp blow: He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch.

Slang. to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook.

verb (used without object), clipped, clipped or clipt, clip·ping.

to clip or cut something.

to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc.

to move swiftly: He clipped along the highway on his motorcycle.

Archaic. to fly rapidly.

noun

the act of clipping.

anything clipped off, especially the wool shorn at a single shearing of sheep.

the amount of wool shorn in one season.

clips, (used with a plural verb) an instrument for clipping; shears.

film clip.

Informal. clipping(def 2).

Informal. a quick, sharp blow: a clip on the jaw.

rate; pace: at a rapid clip.

Origin of clip

1150–1200; Middle English clippen < Old Norse klippa to clip, cut

Related formsclip·pa·ble, adjective

clip

[ klip ]

/ klɪp /

noun

a device that grips and holds tightly.

a metal or plastic clasp for holding together papers, letters, etc.

cartridge clip.

an article of jewelry or other decoration clipped onto clothing, shoes, hats, etc.

a flange on the upper surface of a horseshoe.

Also called lug. Shipbuilding. a short length of angle iron connecting and maintaining the angle between two members or surfaces.

Archaic. an embrace.

verb (used with or without object), clipped, clip·ping.

to grip tightly; fasten with or as if with a clip.

to encircle; encompass.

Football. to block by illegally throwing the body across a player's legs from behind.

Archaic. to embrace or hug.

Origin of clip

before 900; Middle English clippen, Old English clyppan to embrace, surround; cognate with Old Frisian kleppa

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Examples from the Web for clipping

It was the same kind of clipping that you do yourself every week, except that only a small piece of only one nail was clipped.
Somebody Has to Drive Down Healthcare Costs|David Frum|April 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Everyone ascends via the same route, clipping into ropes stitched up the mountainside—six miles of it—all the way to the top.
Mount Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions|Nick Heil|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Meghan: If you run for president, people are going to be clipping your answers all the time.
Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'|Meghan McCain|April 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Gardeners were clipping the trees to a point or into an elliptical shape.
The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5|Theophile Gautier

I had simply asked the clipping bureau to send me one hundred horrors and I had got them.
Courts and Criminals|Arthur Train
Then he looked at me, drumming with his fingers over the spot where the clipping lay.
My Actor-Husband|Anonymous
Grass grew in the gravel-walks, the flowers in the garden hung their heads, the foliage was sadly in need of clipping.
The Ordeal of Elizabeth|Elizabeth Von Arnim
So when he asked Bronson what he was going to do, Bronson read the clipping in his hand aloud.
Van Bibber and Others|Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for clipping

clipping

/ (ˈklɪpɪŋ) /

noun

something cut out or trimmed off, esp an article from a newspaper; cutting

the distortion of an audio or visual signal in which the tops of peaks with a high amplitude are cut off, caused by, for example, overloading of amplifier circuits

adjective

(prenominal) informal fasta clipping pace

clip

/ (klɪp) /

verb clips, clipping or clipped (mainly tr)

(also intr) to cut, snip, or trim with or as if with scissors or shears, esp in order to shorten or remove a part

British to punch (a hole) in something, esp a ticket

to curtail or cut short

to move a short section from (a film, etc)

to shorten (a word)

(intr) to trot or move rapidly, esp over a long distancea horse clipping along the road

informal to strike with a sharp, often slanting, blow

slang to obtain (money) by deception or cheating

US slang to murder; execute

clip someone's wings

to restrict someone's freedom
to thwart someone's ambition

noun

the act or process of clipping

something clipped off

an extract from a film, newspaper, etc

informal a sharp, often slanting, blow

informal speeda rapid clip

Australian and NZ the total quantity of wool shorn, as in one place, season, etc

another word for clipped form

Derived Formsclippable, adjective

Word Origin for clip

C12: from Old Norse klippa to cut; related to Low German klippen

clip

/ (klɪp) /

noun

any of various small implements used to hold loose articles together or to attach one article to another

an article of jewellery that can be clipped onto a dress, hat, etc

short for paperclip, cartridge clip

the pointed flange on a horseshoe that secures it to the front part of the hoof

verb clips, clipping or clipped (tr)

to hold together tightly, as with a clip

archaic, or dialect to embrace

Word Origin for clip

Old English clyppan to embrace; related to Old Frisian kleppa, Lithuanian glebiu

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Word Origin and History for clipping

clipping

n.1

early 13c., "clasping, embracing," verbal noun from clip (v.2). As a U.S. football penalty (not in OED), from 1920.

Clipping or Cutting Down from Behind. -- This is to be ruled under unnecessary roughness, and penalized when it is practiced upon "a man obviously out of the play." This "clipping" is a tendency in the game that the committee is watching anxiously and with some fear. ["Colliers," April 10, 1920]

clipping

n.2

"a cutting," early 14c., verbal noun from clip (v.1). Sense of "a small piece cut off" is from late 15c. Meaning "an article cut from a newspaper" is from 1857.

clip

v.1

"to cut or sever with a sharp instrument," c.1200, from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse klippa, Swedish klippa, Danish klippe "clip, shear, cut") probably echoic. Related: Clipped; clipping.

Meaning "to pronounce short" is from 1520s. The verb has a long association with shady activities, originally especially in reference to cutting or shaving metal from coins (c.1400), but later extended to swindles from the sense "to shear sheep," hence clip-joint "place that overcharges outrageously" (1933, American English, a term from Prohibition). To clip (someone's) wings figuratively (1590s) is from the method of preventing a captive bird from flying.

clip

v.2

"fasten, hold together by pressure," also (mostly archaic) "to embrace," from Old English clyppan "to embrace, clasp; surround; prize, honor, cherish;" related to Old Frisian kleppa "to embrace, love," Old High German klaftra, German klafter "fathom" (on notion of outstretched arms). Also cf. Lithuanian glebys "armful," globiu "to embrace, support." Meaning "to fasten, bind" is early 14c. Meaning "to fasten with clips" is from 1902. Related: Clipped; clipping. Original sense of the verb is preserved in U.S. football clipping penalty.

clip

n.1

"something for attaching or holding," mid-14c., probably from clip (v.2). Meaning "receptacle containing several cartridges for a repeating firearm" is from 1901. Meaning "piece of jewelry fastened by a clip" is from 1937. This is also the source of paper clip (1854). Old English had clypp "an embrace."

clip

n.2

mid-15c., "shears," from clip (v.1). Meaning "act of clipping" is from 1825, originally of sheep-shearing, later of haircuts. Meaning "rate of speed" is 1867 (cf. clipper). Meaning "an extract from a movie" is from 1958.

Medicine definitions for clipping

clip

[ klĭp ]

n.

A fastener used in surgery to hold skin or other tissue in position or to control hemorrhage.

clipping

noun

adjective

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