Noun: clipping kli-ping- An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
"he searched through piles of letters and clippings"; - newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting - Cutting down to the desired size or shape
- trim, trimming - The act of clipping or snipping
- clip, snip Verb: clip (clipped,clipping) klip- Sever or remove by pinching or snipping
"clip off the flowers"; - nip, nip off, snip, snip off - Run at a moderately swift pace
- trot, jog - Attach with a clip
"clip the papers together" - Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"clip the plants in the garden"; - snip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back - Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
"Personal freedom is clipped in many countries"; - curtail, cut short
Derived forms: clippings Type of: attach, cut, cutting, cutting off, excerpt, excerption, extract, run, selection, shorten, thin out Antonym: unclip Encyclopedia: Clipping Clip |