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clipping definition

clip·ping (klip′iŋ)

noun

  1. the act of cutting out or trimming off
  2. something cut out or trimmed off hair clippings
  3. ☆ a news story or other item clipped from a newspaper, magazine, etc.

Etymology: < clip

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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