Overview of noun clipping

The noun clipping has 3 senses

• clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting -- (an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings")


• trim, trimming, clipping -- (cutting down to the desired size or shape)


• clip, clipping, snip -- (the act of clipping or snipping)

Overview of verb clip

The verb clip has 5 senses

• nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off -- (sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers")


• trot, jog, clip -- (run at a moderately swift pace)


• clip -- (attach with a clip; "clip the papers together")


• snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back -- (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden")


• clip, curtail, cut short -- (terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries")