clipping
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɪpɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
- Hyphenation: clip‧ping
Noun
clipping (countable and uncountable, plural clippings)
- (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
- a clipping of hair
- grass clippings
- (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
- (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word) created by removing syllables.
- The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".
- (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
- (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
- (uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
Synonyms
- (piece of something removed by clipping): offcut, snippet
- (article clipped from a newspaper): cutting, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting
- (word formed by shortening another): short form
Translations
action of the verb "to clip"
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piece of something removed by clipping
article clipped from a newspaper
See also
- (short form of a word): aphaeresis, procope, syncope, apocope
Further reading
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