clipping

[ klip-ing ]

/ ˈklɪp ɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person or thing that clips.

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

clipped form.

adjective

serving or tending to clip.

Informal. swift: a clipping pace.

Origin of clipping

1300–50; Middle English. See clip¹, -ing², -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM clipping

clip·ping·ly, adverb

Words nearby clipping

clipper-built, clippers, Clipperton Island, clippety-clop, clippie, clipping, clipshears, clipsheet, clip someone's wings, clipt, clique

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Example sentences from the Web for clipping

It was the same kind of clipping that you do yourself every week, except that only a small piece of only one nail was clipped.
Somebody Has to Drive Down Healthcare Costs|David Frum|April 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Everyone ascends via the same route, clipping into ropes stitched up the mountainside—six miles of it—all the way to the top.
Mount Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions|Nick Heil|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Meghan: If you run for president, people are going to be clipping your answers all the time.
Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'|Meghan McCain|April 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Gardeners were clipping the trees to a point or into an elliptical shape.
The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5|Theophile Gautier

I had simply asked the clipping bureau to send me one hundred horrors and I had got them.
Courts and Criminals|Arthur Train
Then he looked at me, drumming with his fingers over the spot where the clipping lay.
My Actor-Husband|Anonymous
Grass grew in the gravel-walks, the flowers in the garden hung their heads, the foliage was sadly in need of clipping.
The Ordeal of Elizabeth|Elizabeth Von Arnim
So when he asked Bronson what he was going to do, Bronson read the clipping in his hand aloud.
Van Bibber and Others|Richard Harding Davis

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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单词	clipping
释义	clipping [ klip-ing ] / ˈklɪp ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR clipping ON THESAURUS.COM noun the act of a person or thing that clips. a piece clipped off or out, especially an article, advertisement, etc., clipped from a newspaper or magazine. clipped form. adjective serving or tending to clip. Informal. swift: a clipping pace. Origin of clipping 1300–50; Middle English. See clip¹, -ing², -ing¹ OTHER WORDS FROM clipping clip·ping·ly, adverb Words nearby clipping clipper-built, clippers, Clipperton Island, clippety-clop, clippie, clipping, clipshears, clipsheet, clip someone's wings, clipt, clique Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for clipping It was the same kind of clipping that you do yourself every week, except that only a small piece of only one nail was clipped. Somebody Has to Drive Down Healthcare Costs\|David Frum\|April 3, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Everyone ascends via the same route, clipping into ropes stitched up the mountainside—six miles of it—all the way to the top. Mount Everest Suffers From Too Many Climbers and Deteriorating Conditions\|Nick Heil\|May 23, 2012\|DAILY BEAST Meghan: If you run for president, people are going to be clipping your answers all the time. Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'\|Meghan McCain\|April 21, 2011\|DAILY BEAST Gardeners were clipping the trees to a point or into an elliptical shape. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5\|Theophile Gautier I had simply asked the clipping bureau to send me one hundred horrors and I had got them. Courts and Criminals\|Arthur Train Then he looked at me, drumming with his fingers over the spot where the clipping lay. My Actor-Husband\|Anonymous Grass grew in the gravel-walks, the flowers in the garden hung their heads, the foliage was sadly in need of clipping. The Ordeal of Elizabeth\|Elizabeth Von Arnim So when he asked Bronson what he was going to do, Bronson read the clipping in his hand aloud. Van Bibber and Others\|Richard Harding Davis 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to clipping part, cutting, piece
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clipping

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Example sentences from the Web for clipping

British Dictionary definitions for clipping

noun

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