Clipping

/ˈklɪpɪŋ/

Synonyms for "clipping" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(10 words)

cutting snip trim trimming abridged affix attach brush clip clipped

abbreviation ana analects anthology apocope aposiopesis bit butt chip chunk clip clippings collectanea

Strong matches (33)

collection collop contraction crasis crumb cut cutting cuttings dollop elision ellipsis end excerpta excerpts extracts florilegium flowers fragment fragments gleanings

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gob gobbet

Noun(11 words)

condensed cropping curtail cut cutout decrease distorted excerpt extract fasten fragment

Related words (56)

Noun(23 words)

graze limited lop loppingnewspaper clippingnick overdrive piecepress clippingpress cuttingprune pruning reduce saturating saturation scrap secure segment shearing shorten

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shortened strike truncated

hunk lump miscellanea miscellany modicum moiety morsel paring particle piece pruning rasher scoop scrap shard shaving shiver shortening shred slice

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sliver smithereen snack snatch snip snippet splinter stitch stump syncope syneresis tatter truncation

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

24 entries

actionattaching actionaudio phenomenoncut cuttingcutting actioncutting offdata reductiondescriptor document excerpt excerption extract part portion process

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More specific

23 entries

abridgedasymmetric clippingbrushbudget trimmingcable clippingcondensedcost cuttingexpense cuttingglass shardgrazehair clippinghard clippinghedge trimminglawn clippingleaf clippingnail clipping

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Collocations

15 entries

clipping algorithmclipping artifactclipping couponsclipping distortionclipping levelclipping maskclipping pathclipping thresholdclipping toolhair clippinghedge clippingnail clippingnews clippingnewspaper clippingpaper clipping

Inflections

5 entries

clipped clippings clipsmore clippingmost clipping

Derivations

5 entries

clip clippable clipped clipper clips

Translations

11 translations across 6 languages.

Bulgarian

2 entries

кастрене noun (action of the verb "to clip")
подрязване noun (action of the verb "to clip")

Finnish

2 entries

leikkaaminen noun (action of the verb "to clip")
leikkaus noun (action of the verb "to clip")

German

3 entries

abschneidend noun (action of the verb "to clip")
beschneidend noun (action of the verb "to clip")
schneidend noun (action of the verb "to clip")

Polish

1 entries

przycinanie noun (action of the verb "to clip")

Portuguese

2 entries

cortado noun (action of the verb "to clip")
recortado noun (action of the verb "to clip")

Ukrainian

1 entries

стри́жка noun (action of the verb "to clip")

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I have a newspaper clipping file.

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Tom was clipping his nails as he waited for Mary to finish getting dressed.

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Sami was clipping his nails.

Source: tatoeba (7208591)

Tom is clipping his fingernails.

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