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clipping
[ klip-ing ]
/ ˈklɪp ɪŋ /
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noun
adjective
serving or tending to clip.
Informal. swift: a clipping pace.
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OTHER WORDS FROM clipping
clip·ping·ly, adverbWords nearby clipping
clipper-built, clippers, Clipperton Island, clippety-clop, clippie, clipping, clipshears, clipsheet, clip someone's wings, clipt, clique
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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
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