clipping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clipping	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for clipping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clipping n an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" Synonym(s): clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting cutting down to the desired size or shape Synonym(s): trim, trimming, clipping the act of clipping or snipping Synonym(s): clip, clipping, snip
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clip \Clip\ (kl[icr]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clipped} (kl[icr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clipping}.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, kl[df]pa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.] 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. --Shak. 2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. Sentenced to have his ears clipped. --Macaulay. 3. To curtail; to cut short. All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. --Shak. In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clipping \Clip"ping\, n. 1. The act of embracing. [Obs.] 2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins. clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money. --Locke. 3. That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.