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Definition of clipping noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

clipping

noun
 
/ˈklɪpɪŋ/
 
/ˈklɪpɪŋ/
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  1. [usually plural] a piece cut off something
    • hedge/nail clippings
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fingernail
    • nail
    • toenail
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  2. (especially North American English)
    (also press clipping British English, North American English)
    (British English also cutting, press cutting)
    an article or a story that you cut from a newspaper or magazine and keep
    • She had kept all the press clippings about the murder.
    • a clipping from the ‘Los Angeles Times’
    Topics TV, radio and newsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • magazine
    • news
    • newspaper
    preposition
    • clipping from
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See clipping in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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