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clipping

noun

1 clipping

An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine:
— He searched through piles of letters and clippings.

synonyms: cutting, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting.

Polish: wycinek

2 clipping

Cutting down to the desired size or shape.

synonyms: trim, trimming.

Roget 32: smallness etc. adj.; littleness etc. (small size) 193; tenuity; paucity; fewness etc. (small number) 103; meanness, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abbreviation, ana, analects, anthology, apocope, aposiopesis, bit, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clippings, collectanea, collection, collop, contraction, crasis, crumb, cut, cutting ... show more.

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clip

noun

1 clip

A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun.

synonyms: cartridge clip, cartridge holder, magazine.

Roget 264: motion, movement, move; going etc. v.; unrest.    stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; ... show more

Roget 276: impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost [U.S.], throw; ... show more

Polish: magazynek

2 clip

An instance or single occasion for some event:
— He could do ten at a clip.

synonym: time.

Dutch: keer, maal
Polish: raz

3 clip

Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together.

4 clip

An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress.

5 clip

The act of clipping or snipping.

synonyms: clipping, snip.

6 clip

A sharp slanting blow.

verb

1 clip

Sever or remove by pinching or snipping.

synonyms: nip, nip off, snip, snip off.

2 clip

Run at a moderately swift pace.

synonyms: jog, trot.

Polish: kłus

3 clip

Attach with a clip.

4 clip

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.

synonyms: crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim.

Roget 201: be short etc. adj.; render short etc. adj.; shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce; compress etc. ... show more

Dutch: afsnoeien, snoeien

5 clip

Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.

synonyms: curtail, cut short.


Moby thesaurus: abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract, adhere to, amputate, annihilate, articulate, attach, ball the jack, ban, bang, bar, barrel, bash, bat, batten, batten down, bear, beating ... show more.

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