clipping (noun)

  • 1clipping — ► NOUN 1) a small piece trimmed from something: grass clippings. 2) an article cut from a newspaper or magazine …

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  • 2clipping — noun a) The action of the verb to clip. a clipping of hair b) A piece of something removed by clipping. grass clippings Syn: offcut, snippet, cutting, short form …

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  • 3clipping — noun 1 piece cut off sth ADJECTIVE ▪ fingernail, nail, toenail ▪ grass, hedge (BrE), lawn 2 (esp. AmE) piece cut out from a newspaper ⇨ See also ↑cutting …

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  • 4clipping bureau — noun or clipping service : an organization or business that supplies to order clippings on any given subject cut from publications …

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  • 5clipping service — noun see clipping bureau …

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  • 6clipping — noun Date: 15th century something that is clipped off or out of something else < grass clippings >; especially an item clipped from a publication …

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  • 7clipping — noun (C) 1 an article or picture that has been cut out of a newspaper or magazine; cutting 1 (2) 2 (usually plural) a small piece cut from something bigger: He swept the hedge clippings into a heap …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8clipping — UK [ˈklɪpɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms clipping : singular clipping plural clippings 1) [usually plural] a small piece that you remove when you cut something to make it tidy 2) an article or picture that you have cut from a newspaper or&#8230; …

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  • 9clipping — /ˈklɪpɪŋ / (say kliping) noun 1. the act or process of someone or something that clips. 2. a piece clipped off or out. 3. → cutting (def. 4). 4. (plural) grass from a mown lawn. 5. Linguistics the shortening of a word, as advertisement to ad. – …

  • 10clipping — clip|ping [ klıpıŋ ] noun count 1. ) an article or picture that you have cut from a newspaper or magazine: CUTTING 2. ) usually plural a small piece that you remove when you cut something to make it neat …

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