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Definition of "clipping" []

  • Something cut off or out, especially an item clipped from a newspaper or magazine. (noun)
  • See clipped form. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "clipping" in a sentence
  • "Also, this causes the "favourites" heart icon to vanish, so no clipping is also possible."
  • "The back inside cover with a clipping from a magazine."
  • "At left: a clipping from a newspaper article about the pursuit, as well as a mugshot of unknown origin."