ALL meanings of clipping
clip·ping
C c - countable noun clipping A clipping is an article, picture, or advertisement that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine. 3
- countable noun clipping Clippings are small pieces of something that have been cut from something larger. 3
- noun clipping something cut out or trimmed off, esp an article from a newspaper; cutting 3
- noun clipping 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 3
- adjective clipping fast 3
- noun clipping the act of cutting out or trimming off 3
- noun clipping something cut out or trimmed off 3
- noun clipping a news story or other item clipped from a newspaper, magazine, etc. 3
- noun clipping item clipped from newspaper 1
- noun clipping piece cut from fingernail or toenail 1
- noun clipping a device that grips and holds tightly. 1
- noun clipping a metal or plastic clasp for holding together papers, letters, etc. 1
- noun clipping cartridge clip. 1
- noun clipping an article of jewelry or other decoration clipped onto clothing, shoes, hats, etc. 1
- noun clipping a flange on the upper surface of a horseshoe. 1
- noun clipping Also called lug. Shipbuilding. a short length of angle iron connecting and maintaining the angle between two members or surfaces. 1
- noun clipping Archaic. an embrace. 1
- adjective clipping serving or tending to clip. 1
- adjective clipping Informal. swift: a clipping pace. 1
- verb with object clipping to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears: to clip a rose from a bush. 1
- verb with object clipping to trim by cutting: to clip a hedge. 1
- verb with object clipping to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear: to clip a poodle. 1
- verb with object clipping to pare the edge of (a coin). Compare sweat (def 22). 1
- verb with object clipping to cut short; curtail: We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier. 1
- verb with object clipping to pronounce rapidly, with precise articulation and with omission of certain sounds, as of unstressed vowels: an annoying habit of clipping his words. 1
- verb with object clipping to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables. 1
- verb with object clipping Informal. to hit with a quick, sharp blow: He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch. 1
- verb with object clipping Slang. to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook. 1
- verb without object clipping to clip or cut something. 1
- verb without object clipping to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc. 1
- verb without object clipping to move swiftly: He clipped along the highway on his motorcycle. 1
- verb without object clipping Archaic. to fly rapidly. 1
- noun clipping A small piece trimmed from something. 1
- noun clipping (Countable Noun) A piece of something removed by clipping. 0
- noun clipping (Countable Noun) An article clipped from a newspaper. 0
- noun clipping (Countable Noun) (linguistics) A short form (of a word). 0
- noun clipping (Uncountable Noun) (signal processing) the process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level. 0
- verb clipping present participle of clip. 0