clipping

[ klip-ing ]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that clips. clip.
2. a piece clipped clip clipped off or out, especially an article, advertisement, etc., clipped clip clipped from a newspaper or magazine.
3. clipped form.

adjective

1. serving or tending to clip.
2. Informal. swift:

   a clipping pace.

clipping

/ ˈklɪpɪŋ /

noun

1. something cut out or trimmed off, esp an article from a newspaper; cutting
2. the distortion of an audio or visual signal in which the tops of peaks with a high amplitude are cut off, caused by, for example, overloading of amplifier circuits

adjective

1. informal.
   prenominal fast

   a clipping pace

Other Words From

• clipping·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of clipping¹

1300–50; Middle English. See clip ¹, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The thought of him meticulously taping hundreds of those now-yellowed clippings onto the pages tugs at my heart.

From Washington Post

It was about three to five seconds, which was not a clipping to hear nothing.

From Ozy

So after we got the clipping, me and my DJ, we went to the studio, we looped it over for about a minute and 30 seconds to two minutes.

From Ozy

Any clippings clogging the blades or spilling out onto the bathroom counter will be a thing of the past.

From Popular-Science

There are a few strategies you can employ to make clipping as easy as possible, which will save energy and help you climb with better flow.

From Outside Online

A place where unexplained delays are a matter of course, and where public fingernail clipping is considered only a minor sin.

From The Daily Beast

Fortunately it never detonated, and Ulli keeps a framed newspaper clipping and photo of it in his home.

From The Daily Beast

It was the same kind of clipping that you do yourself every week, except that only a small piece of only one nail was clipped.

From The Daily Beast

Arrested on misdemeanor charges for leaving the scene of an accident after reportedly clipping a pedestrian in downtown Manhattan.

From The Daily Beast

Everyone ascends via the same route, clipping into ropes stitched up the mountainside—six miles of it—all the way to the top.

From The Daily Beast

Silently, without even so much as a nod, he laid a newspaper clipping before the Chief of Police.

From Project Gutenberg

I have positive information: the "blind" prisoner gave me the clipping during exercise.

From Project Gutenberg

I have initialed the clipping in question, Mr. Wilcox, and ask you to do the same.

From Project Gutenberg

When an experienced showman came to do the clipping, I naturally stuck around to see what would happen.

From Project Gutenberg

You hire an office, a clerk, two stenographers and a clipping export, and prepare to take care of the work that comes in.

From Project Gutenberg