Clipping

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ

Verb

1. Present participle of clip

Full definition of clipping

Noun

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

• (word formed by shortening another) short form