"clipping" in the noun sense
1. clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
"he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
2. trim, trimming, clipping
cutting down to the desired size or shape
3. clip, clipping, snip
the act of clipping or snipping
"clipping" in the verb sense
1. nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
sever or remove by pinching or snipping
"nip off the flowers"
2. trot, jog, clip
run at a moderately swift pace
3. clip
attach with a clip
"clip the papers together"
4. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"
5. clip, curtail, cut short
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
"My speech was cut short"
"Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
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