clipping
pronunciation
How to pronounce clipping in British English:
UK [ˈklɪpɪŋ]
How to pronounce clipping in American English:
US [ˈklɪpɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- the act of clipping or snipping
Word Origin
- clipping (n.1)
- early 13c., "clasping, embracing," verbal noun from clip (v.2). As a U.S. football penalty (not in OED), from 1920. Clipping or Cutting Down from Behind. -- This is to be ruled under unnecessary roughness, and penalized when it is practiced upon "a man obviously out of the play." This "clipping" is a tendency in the game that the committee is watching anxiously and with some fear. ["Colliers," April 10, 1920]
- clipping (n.2)
- "a cutting," early 14c., verbal noun from clip (v.1). Sense of "a small piece cut off" is from late 15c. Meaning "an article cut from a newspaper" is from 1857.
Example
- 1. It 's a personal clipping service - no charge .
- 2. Turn coupon savings into actual savings : clipping coupons is great-just don 't let it backfire .
- 3. Most people feel that if they saved $ 10 this week on groceries due to their tedious coupon clipping , they deserve a reward .
- 4. Even if you accidentally hurt them during a grooming or nail clipping section , they always forgive you .
- 5. Its message seems more suited to the universal than the particular , to the love of all men for all women , to the love of two companions who will not hear each other clipping their toe-nails .