I have a newspaper clipping file.
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Clipping
//ˈklɪpɪŋ//
Synonyms for "clipping" (83 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπόκομμα noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
Arabic
1 entries- قُلَامَة noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изрезка noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
- изрезка noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
- кастрене noun (action of the verb "to clip")
- отрязък noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
Catalan
3 entries- retall noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
- retall noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
- truncament noun (short form)
Czech
1 entries- zkrácenina noun (short form)
Dutch
3 entries- knipsel noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
- krantenknipsel noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
- verkorting noun (short form)
Ewe
1 entries- administration noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
Finnish
4 entries- lehtileike noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
- leike noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
- leike noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
- leikkaaminen noun (action of the verb "to clip")
French
2 entries- apocope noun (short form)
- troncation noun (short form)
Galician
1 entries- retrinco noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
German
4 entries- Abschnitt noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
- Ausschnitt noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
- Kurzform noun (short form)
- Kurzwortbildung noun (short form)
Greek
1 entries- περικοπή noun (short form)
Hungarian
2 entries- szócsonkítás noun (short form)
- szórövidülés noun (short form)
Icelandic
1 entries- úrklippa noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
Irish
2 entries- bearradh noun (short form)
- gearrthán noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
Italian
1 entries- accorciamento noun (short form)
Māori
1 entries- topenga noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
Polish
4 entries- podcinanie noun (signal processing)
- podcinanie noun (football)
- przycinanie noun (action of the verb "to clip")
- przycinanie noun (computer graphics)
Portuguese
4 entries- clipagem noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
- cortado noun (action of the verb "to clip")
- encurtamento noun (short form)
- recortado noun (action of the verb "to clip")
Russian
2 entries- обрезка noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
- срез noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
Spanish
3 entries- acortamiento noun (short form)
- recorte noun (piece of something removed by clipping)
- recorte noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
Ukrainian
1 entries- стри́жка noun (action of the verb "to clip")
Welsh
2 entries- talfyriad noun (short form)
- toriad noun (article clipped from a newspaper)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Tom was clipping his nails as he waited for Mary to finish getting dressed.
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Sami was clipping his nails.
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Tom is clipping his fingernails.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.