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Definitions for Clipping

[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.
[4] serving or tending to clip.
[5] Informal . swift: a clipping pace.
[6] to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears: to clip a rose from a bush.
[7] to trim by cutting: to clip a hedge.
[8] to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear: to clip a poodle.
[9] to pare the edge of (a coin). Compare sweat(def 22) .
[10] to cut short; curtail: We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier.
[11] to pronounce rapidly, with precise articulation and with omission of certain sounds, as of unstressed vowels: an annoying habit of clipping his words.
[12] to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables.
[13] Informal . to hit with a quick, sharp blow: He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch.
[14] Slang . to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook.
[15] to clip or cut something.
[16] to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc.
[17] to move swiftly: He clipped along the highway on his motorcycle.
[18] Archaic . to fly rapidly.
[19] the act of clipping.
[20] anything clipped off, especially the wool shorn at a single shearing of sheep.
[21] the amount of wool shorn in one season.
[22] clips, (used with a plural verb ) an instrument for clipping; shears.
[23] film clip.
[24] Informal . clipping(def 2) .
[25] Informal . a quick, sharp blow: a clip on the jaw.
[26] rate; pace: at a rapid clip.
[27] a device that grips and holds tightly.
[28] a metal or plastic clasp for holding together papers, letters, etc.
[29] cartridge clip.
[30] an article of jewelry or other decoration clipped onto clothing, shoes, hats, etc.
[31] a flange on the upper surface of a horseshoe.
[32] Also called lug. Shipbuilding . a short length of angle iron connecting and maintaining the angle between two members or surfaces.
[33] Archaic . an embrace.
[34] to grip tightly; fasten with or as if with a clip.
[35] to encircle; encompass.
[36] Football . to block by illegally throwing the body across a player's legs from behind.
[37] Archaic . to embrace or hug.
[38] something cut out or trimmed off, esp an article from a newspaper; cutting
[39] 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
[40] (prenominal) informal fast a clipping pace
[41] (also intr) to cut, snip, or trim with or as if with scissors or shears, esp in order to shorten or remove a part
[42] British to punch (a hole) in something, esp a ticket
[43] to curtail or cut short
[44] to move a short section from (a film, etc)
[45] to shorten (a word)
[46] (intr) to trot or move rapidly, esp over a long distance a horse clipping along the road
[47] informal to strike with a sharp, often slanting, blow
[48] slang to obtain (money) by deception or cheating
[49] US slang to murder; execute
[50] clip someone's wings to restrict someone's freedom to thwart someone's ambition
[51] the act or process of clipping
[52] something clipped off
[53] an extract from a film, newspaper, etc
[54] informal a sharp, often slanting, blow
[55] informal speed a rapid clip
[56] Australian and NZ the total quantity of wool shorn, as in one place, season, etc
[57] another word for clipped form
[58] any of various small implements used to hold loose articles together or to attach one article to another
[59] an article of jewellery that can be clipped onto a dress, hat, etc
[60] short for paperclip, cartridge clip
[61] the pointed flange on a horseshoe that secures it to the front part of the hoof
[62] to hold together tightly, as with a clip
[63] archaic , or dialect to embrace

Words related to Clipping

part, cutting, piece

Words nearby Clipping

clipper-built, clippers, clipperton island, clippety-clop, clippie, clipping, clipshears, clipsheet, clipt, clique, cliquey

Origin of Clipping

2before 900; Middle English clippen, Old English clyppan to embrace, surround; cognate with Old Frisian kleppa

Other words from Clipping

clip·ping·ly , adverb
clip·pa·ble , adjective

Word origin for Clipping

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

Synonyms for Clipping

cutting, part, piece