clipping
clipping Lexical Profile
clipping Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An article, photograph, or advertisement cut out from a newspaper or magazine.
"She kept a scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings about her hometown's history."
A small piece trimmed or cut off from something, especially from plants, grass, hair, or fingernails (usually used in the plural).
"The gardener gathered the grass clippings and added them to the compost pile."
In linguistics, the process of forming a new word by dropping one or more syllables from a longer word or phrase, such as 'ad' from 'advertisement', or a word formed in this way.
"The common word 'flu' is a well-known linguistic clipping of 'influenza'."
In electronics and audio engineering, a form of waveform distortion that occurs when an amplifier is overdriven and attempts to deliver an output voltage or current beyond its maximum capability.
"The sound engineer lowered the microphone gain to prevent audio clipping during the loud chorus."
North American In American football, an illegal block in which an opponent other than the ball carrier is struck from behind at or below the waist.
"The referee threw a penalty flag and called a fifteen-yard penalty for clipping on the punt return."
• Rhymes for clipping
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'clip', which comes from Old Norse 'klippa' meaning 'to cut or shear', combined with the English verbal noun suffix '-ing'.