clipping

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Synonyms: slipping, flipping, chipping, clopping, clapping, lipping, blipping, climping, crippling, nipping, gripping

Antonyms: slipping, flipping, chipping, clopping, clapping, lipping, blipping, climping, crippling, nipping, gripping

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|clip||ing-form}}

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|act that clips, broadly}} The act by which something is [[clipped]] {{gl|in any sense}}.
2. {{senseid|en|piece clipped off of something}} {{lb|en|countable}} A piece of something removed by [[clip#Verb 2|clip]]ping.
3. {{senseid|en|article clipped from periodical}} {{lb|en|countable|journalism}} An [[article]] clipped from a [[newspaper]] (especially) or from a [[magazine]].
4. {{senseid|en|process of word formation}} {{lb|en|uncountable|linguistics}} A process of word formation involving [[shortening#Noun|shortening]] by removal of [[syllable]]s, often [[terminal]] ones.<!--wp: [[w:clipping (morphology)]]-->
5. {{senseid|en|short form of longer word}} {{lb|en|countable|linguistics}} A [[short form]] (of a longer [[word]]) created by removing [[syllable]]s, often [[terminal]] ones.
6. {{senseid|en|signal attenuation}} {{lb|en|uncountable|signal processing}} The [[process]] of cutting off a [[signal]] [[level]] that rises above a certain [[maximum]] level.
7. {{senseid|en|masking in computer graphics}} {{lb|en|uncountable|computer graphics}} The use of a [[mask]] to hide part of an [[object]] or [[image]].
8. {{senseid|en|football maneuver}} {{lb|en|uncountable|American football|Canadian football}} [[fall#Verb|Fall]]ing, [[roll#Verb|roll]]ing, or [[throw]]ing one's [[body]] on the [[back]] of an [[opponent]]'s [[leg]]s after approaching from behind.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|UK|slang|obsolete}} Excellent; very good.

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