Definitions for: Clipping

[n] the act of clipping or snipping
[n] cutting down to the desired size or shape
[n] an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"

Webster (1913) Definition: Clip"ping, n.
1. The act of embracing. [Obs.]

2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the
practice of clipping the edges of coins.

clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who
receives clipped money. --Locke.

3. That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece
separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.

Synonyms: clip, cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, snip, trim, trimming

See Also: cut, cutting, cutting off, excerpt, extract, pruning, selection

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