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".

4. (uncountable, signal processing) the process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level

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) (kastrene) n, подрязване (bg) (podrjazvane) n

• Finnish: leikkaaminen (fi), leikkaus (fi)

piece of something removed by clipping

• Arabic: قلامة (ar) (qulaama) f
• Bulgarian: отрязък (bg) (otrjazǎk) m, изрезка (bg) (izrezka) f
• Ewe: administration

• Finnish: leike (fi)

article clipped from a newspaper

• Bulgarian: изрезка (bg) (izrezka) f
• Dutch: krantenknipsel (nl) n

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

short form

• Finnish: lyhennys (fi)