clipping

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪpɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
• Hyphenation: clip‧ping

VerbEdit

clipping

1. present participle of clip

NounEdit

clipping (countable and uncountable, plural clippings)

1. (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.

   a clipping of hair

   grass clippings

2. (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
3. (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word) created by removing syllables.

   The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".

4. (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
5. (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
6. (uncountable, American football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.

SynonymsEdit

• (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

TranslationsEdit

action of the verb "to clip"

• Bulgarian: кастрене n (kastrene), подрязване n (podrjazvane)
• Finnish: leikkaaminen (fi), leikkaus (fi)

• German: schneidend (de), abschneidend (de), beschneidend (de)
• Portuguese: cortado, recortado

piece of something removed by clipping

• Arabic: قُلَامَة‎‎ f (qulāma)
• Bulgarian: отрязък (bg) m (otrjazǎk), изрезка (bg) f (izrezka)
• Ewe: administration
• Finnish: leike (fi)

• German: Schnipsel (de) m, m pl, Abschnitt (de) f, Schnitt (de) m, Rasenschnitt m (lawn, grass)
• German: Schnipsel (de) m, m pl
• Portuguese: recorte (pt) m
• Spanish: recorte (es) m

article clipped from a newspaper

• Bulgarian: изрезка (bg) f (izrezka)
• Dutch: krantenknipsel (nl) n
• Finnish: leike (fi), lehtileike
• German: Zeitungsausschnitt (de) m, Presseausschnitt m, Ausschnitt (de) m

• Icelandic: úrklippa f
• Portuguese: recorte m
• Spanish: recorte (es) m

short form

• Catalan: truncament (ca) m
• Finnish: lyhennys

• German: Kurzform (de) f, Kurzwortbildung (de) f
• Portuguese: apócope (pt) f

See alsoEdit

• (short form of a word): aphaeresis, procope, syncope, apocope