clipping (noun)

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• clipping — ► NOUN 1) a small piece trimmed from something: grass clippings. 2) an article cut from a newspaper or magazine …   English terms dictionary

• clipping — noun a) The action of the verb to clip. a clipping of hair b) A piece of something removed by clipping. grass clippings Syn: offcut, snippet, cutting, short form …   Wiktionary

• clipping — noun 1 piece cut off sth ADJECTIVE ▪ fingernail, nail, toenail ▪ grass, hedge (BrE), lawn 2 (esp. AmE) piece cut out from a newspaper ⇨ See also ↑cutting …   Collocations dictionary

• clipping bureau — noun or clipping service : an organization or business that supplies to order clippings on any given subject cut from publications …   Useful english dictionary

• clipping service — noun see clipping bureau …   Useful english dictionary

• clipping — noun Date: 15th century something that is clipped off or out of something else < grass clippings >; especially an item clipped from a publication …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• clipping — noun (C) 1 an article or picture that has been cut out of a newspaper or magazine; cutting 1 (2) 2 (usually plural) a small piece cut from something bigger: He swept the hedge clippings into a heap …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• clipping — UK [ˈklɪpɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms clipping : singular clipping plural clippings 1) [usually plural] a small piece that you remove when you cut something to make it tidy 2) an article or picture that you have cut from a newspaper or… …   English dictionary

• clipping — /ˈklɪpɪŋ / (say kliping) noun 1. the act or process of someone or something that clips. 2. a piece clipped off or out. 3. → cutting (def. 4). 4. (plural) grass from a mown lawn. 5. Linguistics the shortening of a word, as advertisement to ad. – …  

• clipping — clip|ping [ klıpıŋ ] noun count 1. ) an article or picture that you have cut from a newspaper or magazine: CUTTING 2. ) usually plural a small piece that you remove when you cut something to make it neat …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• clipping — [ˈklɪpɪŋ] noun [C] 1) an article that you have cut from a newspaper or magazine Syn: cutting 2) a small piece that you remove when you cut something to make it tidy …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English