clipping

[klip-ing]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that clips. clip.

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

3. clipped form.

adjective

1. serving or tending to clip.

2. Informal.,  swift.

   a clipping pace.

clipping

/ ˈklɪpɪŋ /

noun

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

2. 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

1. informal,  (prenominal) fast

   a clipping pace

Other Word Forms

• clippingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of clipping¹

1300–50; Middle English. See clip ¹, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

She was always clipping recipes she wanted to try and altering them to perfection.

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Residents are already familiar with the green bins, which were long reserved for lawn clippings and other yard waste but now are the destination for food scraps as well.

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"You're in an intense scene, giving everything, but you've still got to remember what needs clipping on or where a prop has to be, and making that seamless and not noticeable is the struggle."

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There are posters, annotated scripts, costumes, production materials and newspaper clippings from these projects.

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She tuned up the machines, she made fertilizer from old grass clippings and manure, she planned which crops would be seeded in which fields.

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