clipping

About 1.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of clip
2. noun The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
3. noun A piece of something removed by clipping.

   a clipping of hair

4. noun An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
5. noun A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
6. noun A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.

   The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".

7. noun The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
8. noun The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.

Similar words

snip cutting trimming trim newspaper clipping press clipping press cutting cut cropping cleavage

Often followed by

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Word family

clippings