A clipping is an article, picture, or advertisement that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
...bulletin boards crowded with newspaper clippings.
2. countable noun [usually plural, oft noun NOUN]
Clippings are small pieces of something that have been cut from something larger.
Having mown the lawn, there are all those grass clippings to get rid of.
...nail clippings.
More Synonyms of clipping
clipping in British English
(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
3. (prenominal) informal
fast
a clipping pace
clipping in American English
(ˈklɪpɪŋ)
noun
1.
the act of cutting out or trimming off
2.
something cut out or trimmed off
hair clippings
3. US
a news story or other item clipped from a newspaper, magazine, etc.
Word origin
< clip1
Examples of 'clipping' in a sentence
clipping
Use a grass box to collect the clippings.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
What do you do with lawn clippings?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What to do with grass clippings apart from composting them?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The only drawback is that it relies on news clippings from some biased journalists.
The Sun (2010)
She ended up emptying the grass clippings into bin liners and driving them to a local tip.
The Sun (2008)
In rougher places you can follow it up with regular thin layers of grass clippings.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But grass clippings are a mixed blessing.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Remember that grass clippings heat up to high temperatures and can drive the moisture from the top of a compost heap.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Do this now, and collect all the clippings.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There were poems and news clippings, as well.
Christianity Today (2000)
He sent her news clippings and favourable reviews, she said.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Remove the grass clippings afterwards - wild flowers flourish in less fertile soils.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It will shred them and mix them with grass clippings, perfect for a hungry compost heap.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
When mowing, collect the clippings in a grass box and avoid cutting too low to the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I still got news clippings to this day!
The Sun (2006)
Leave nail clippings on desk.
The Sun (2012)
Q Does it do any harm throwing grass clippings under my hedge?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Everything else gets recycled - dental floss, hair and nail clippings all go on the compost heap.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Cover the heap with old carpet, capping it with grass clippings first, and let it cook away for use next winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If you like big fat bamboo canes, put a big fat mulch on the clumps now, and top up with grass clippings through the season.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
clipping
British English: clipping NOUN
A clipping is an article, picture, or advertisement that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
...bulletin boards crowded with newspaper clippings.
American English: clipping
Brazilian Portuguese: recorte
Chinese: 剪报
European Spanish: recorte
French: coupure de journalN
German: Ausschnitt
Italian: ritaglio
Japanese: 切り抜き
Korean: 오려 낸 기사나 사진
European Portuguese: recorte
Latin American Spanish: recorte
All related terms of 'clipping'
clip
A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic , that is specially shaped for holding things together.
inclip
to embrace ; enclose
press clipping
an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
newspaper clipping
an excerpt taken from, usually physically cut out from, the pages of a newspaper
clip on
A clip-on object is designed to be fastened to something by means of a clip.