clipping

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ

Verb

clipping

1. Present participle of clip.

Noun

clipping (countable and uncountable; plural clippings)

1. (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.

   a clipping of hair

   grass clippings

2. (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
3. (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word).

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

Synonyms

• (piece of something removed by clipping): offcut, snippet
• (article clipped from a newspaper): cutting, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting
• (word formed by shortening another): short form

Translations

action of the verb "to clip"

Bulgarian: кастрене (bg) n., подрязване (bg) n.

Finnish: leikkaaminen (fi), leikkaus (fi)

piece of something removed by clipping

Bulgarian: отрязък (bg) m., изрезка (bg) f. Ewe: administration

Finnish: leike (fi)

article clipped from a newspaper

Bulgarian: изрезка (bg) f. Dutch: krantenknipsel (nl) n.

Finnish: leike (fi), lehtileike (fi) Portuguese: recorte de jornal m.

short form

Finnish: lyhennys (fi)