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What (who) is clipping - definition
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Clipping (linguistics); Clipping (disambiguation); Clippings
clipping
n.
1) a newspaper, press clipping (AE; BE has press cutting)
2) fingernail; toenail clippings
clipping
(clippings)
1.
A clipping is an article, picture, or advertisement that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
...bulletin boards crowded with newspaper clippings.
= cutting
N-COUNT: oft n N
2.
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.
N-COUNT: usu pl, oft n N
Clipping
·noun The act of Embracing.
II. Clipping ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Clip.
III. Clipping ·noun The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.
IV. Clipping ·noun That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.
Examples of use of clipping
1. "Clipping executive compensation is easy right now _ everybody wants it," said Rep.
2. They exerted little force, Sereno believes, and were good only for clipping soft vegetation.
3. He also showed the clipping of a German newspaper about unsolved murders of women.
4. Director Marston‘s inspiration for this story is said to have been based on a newspaper clipping.
5. After she moved there four years ago, other women saw her clipping and joined in.