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clipping

[ klip-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that clips. clip.
  2. a piece clipped clip clipped off or out, especially an article, advertisement, etc., clipped clip clipped from a newspaper or magazine.


adjective

  1. serving or tending to clip.
  2. Informal. swift:

    a clipping pace.

clipping

/ ˈ°ì±ôɪ±èɪŋ /

noun

  1. something cut out or trimmed off, esp an article from a newspaper; cutting
  2. the distortion of an audio or visual signal in which the tops of peaks with a high amplitude are cut off, caused by, for example, overloading of amplifier circuits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. informal.
    prenominal fast

    a clipping pace

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of clipping1

1300–50; Middle English. See clip 1, -ing 2, -ing 1
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On Tuesday she told industry leaders she had "no intention of clipping anyone's wings," and said aviation was good for growth.

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So how did a few bloodied nail clippings help convict her killer?

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DNA matching Newton was found on nail clippings taken from Mrs Crown's unburnt right hand in 2013, and they were re-examined using modern techniques 10 years later.

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There is apparently no way to make these things run any faster, but Glaser, who returned often to the stage, at least gave one the impression, between the duller stretches, that it was clipping along.

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Grainy game footage and yellowed newspaper clippings confer UCLA’s standing as college basketball royalty, the team’s status as a blue blood rooted in the success of a coach who retired nearly 50 years ago.

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