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In some senses, clipping is marked as obsolete, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
clipping
/ˈklɪpɪŋ/
noun 5adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
fellow, good
VERB + CLIPPING
kept, told, wings
CLIPPING + NOUN
fingernails, hair, player, story, toenails
PREP.
through
ADV.
rather
Definitions
noun
1
The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
2
A piece of something removed by clipping.
a clipping of hair
grass clippings
3
An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
When a 90-year-old yellowed clipping appeared one day at my feet, an implausible new mystery entered my life.
4
A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
5
A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".
> --Lia An unusual clipping! -or is it not short for Julia?
adj
1
Excellent; very good.
A Yankee fellow told a clipping good story.
Rather! a clipping good run!
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
a clipping of hair
Wiktionary02
grass clippings
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I use a mulching mower and usually let the clippings go back to the lawn, but sometimes I'll gather clippings for mulching in the vegetable garden.
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A Yankee fellow told a clipping good story.
Wiktionary05
Rather! a clipping good run!
Wiktionary06
I have a newspaper clipping file.
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