CLIPPING

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does clipping mean? 

• CLIPPING (noun)
  The noun CLIPPING has 3 senses:

1. an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
2. cutting down to the desired size or shape
3. the act of clipping or snipping

  Familiarity information: CLIPPING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLIPPING (noun)

Meaning:

An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

clipping; newspaper clipping; press clipping; press cutting; cutting

Context example:

he searched through piles of letters and clippings

Hypernyms ("clipping" is a kind of...):

excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)

Meaning:

Cutting down to the desired size or shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

clipping; trimming; trim

Hypernyms ("clipping" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by choping off the ends)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clipping"):

pruning (the act of trimming a plant)

Meaning:

The act of clipping or snipping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

snip; clipping; clip

Hypernyms ("clipping" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by choping off the ends)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clipping"):

nip; pinch (a small sharp bite or snip)