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1. clipping - noun

· an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"

Synonym(s): newspaper_clipping, press_clipping, cutting, press_cutting

Hypernym(s): excerpt, excerption, extract, selection

2. clipping - noun

· cutting down to the desired size or shape

Synonym(s): trim, trimming

Hypernym(s): cut, cutting, cutting_off

3. clipping - noun

· the act of clipping or snipping

Synonym(s): clip, snip

Hypernym(s): cut, cutting, cutting_off

4. clip - verb

· sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"

Synonym(s): nip, nip_off, snip, snip_off

Hypernym(s): cut

5. clip - verb

· run at a moderately swift pace

Synonym(s): trot, jog

Hypernym(s): run

6. clip - verb

· attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"

Hypernym(s): attach

Antonym(s): unclip

7. clip - verb

· cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"

Synonym(s): snip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut_back

Hypernym(s): thin_out

8. clip - verb

· 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"

Synonym(s): curtail, cut_short

Hypernym(s): shorten

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