clip·ping

clip·ping
/ˈklıpıŋ/ noun, pl -pings [count]
1 chiefly US : something (such as an article or a picture) that has been cut out of a newspaper or magazine

a newspaper/magazine clipping

an old news clipping

called also press clipping (Brit) cutting
2 : a small piece that has been cut off of something

a fingernail clipping

— usually plural

grass clippings


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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