clipping

American  

[klip-ing] / ˈklɪp ɪŋ /

noun

clippings plural

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

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

3. clipped form.

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adjective

1. serving or tending to clip.

2. Informal. swift.

   a clipping pace.

clipping British  

/ 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

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adjective

1. informal (prenominal) fast

   a clipping pace

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• clippingly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• clippings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of clipping

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

Example Sentences

Right now, her favorite is the Nopal Cactus candle, which she made using a clipping from an employee’s yard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

He hit 30 off 20 balls before clipping Foulkes to a tumbling Daryl Mitchell at mid-on so Stokes will spend his final day watching his team-mates from the balcony.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

Talarico recently said some of his past comments “missed the mark,” and he accused Paxton of “intentionally clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption.”

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2026

Beast Industries in October launched its own clipping service, Vyro, after determining that a more buttoned-up version of this practice would appeal to larger, risk-averse marketers, according to Evan DeFilippis, general manager of Vyro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

My brother pulls the clipping from the envelope.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin