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Clipping   /klˈɪpɪŋ/   Listen
Clipping

noun
1.
An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine.  Synonyms: cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting.
2.
Cutting down to the desired size or shape.  Synonyms: trim, trimming.
3.
The act of clipping or snipping.  Synonyms: clip, snip.



Clip

verb
(past & past part. clipped; pres. part. clipping)
1.
Sever or remove by pinching or snipping.  Synonyms: nip, nip off, snip, snip off.
2.
Run at a moderately swift pace.  Synonyms: jog, trot.
3.
Attach with a clip.
4.
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.  Synonyms: crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim.
5.
Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.  Synonyms: curtail, cut short.  "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"



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"Clipping" Quotes from Famous Books



... that poor beastie in spots, until he looks like a mangy, moth-eaten checkerboard. No one can imagine who did it. Sadie Kate is very handy with the scissors, but she is also handy with an alibi! During the time when the clipping presumably occurred, she was occupying a stool in the corner of the schoolroom with her face to the wall, as twenty-eight children can testify. However, it has become Sadie Kate's daily duty to treat those spots ...
— Dear Enemy • Jean Webster

... ladies again went on clipping and arranging their papers, while Mrs. Woodward renewed her protest that she would do her best as to reading their production. While they were thus employed the postman's knock was heard, and a letter was brought in from ...
— The Three Clerks • Anthony Trollope

... God, and Mohammed is his Prophet")—and signified, in a threatening manner, that I must repeat those words. We reached at length the king's tent, where we found a great number of people, men and women, assembled. Ali was sitting upon a black leather cushion, clipping a few hairs from his upper lip, a female attendant holding up a looking-glass before him. He appeared to be an old man of the Arab cast, with a long white beard; and he had a sullen and indignant aspect. He surveyed me with attention, and inquired of the Moors if I could ...
— Travels in the Interior of Africa - Volume 1 • Mungo Park

... we owe to Gouverneur Morris, aided as to some points by Thomas Jefferson. During the period of the Confederation, the chaotic state of the currency was a serious obstacle to trade, and it afforded endless opportunities for fraud and extortion. Clipping and counterfeiting were carried to such lengths that every moderately cautious person, in taking payment in hard cash, felt it necessary to keep a small pair of scales beside him and carefully weigh each coin, after narrowly scrutinizing its ...
— The Critical Period of American History • John Fiske

... has been practicing all summer, twice a week, and on the 24th of August we gave an exhibition game here at Westeras, between two teams from our club, the suits made for the Olympic Games coming in very handy. I send you herewith a clipping from a local paper describing the game, and also a picture of the two teams with ...
— Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 • John B. Foster


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