clipping
Cut from paper
Clipping is cutting something short—trimming hedges, snipping coupons, or cutting articles from newspapers.
A clipping is what you've cut: a newspaper clipping, grass clippings.
In linguistics, clipping shortens words: phone from telephone, flu from influenza.
In audio and video, clipping is distortion from signal levels exceeding capacity, producing harsh, flattened peaks.
Portion taken from larger work
- snippetSmall cut portion
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- passageSegment of text
- extractConcentrated derived substance
quote · fragment · selection · scrapbook · archive · news · article · press
Styling by trimming
- trimRemove unwanted edges
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
- barberProfessional who trims locks
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
stylist · shears · snip · layers · fade · buzzcut · undercut · grooming
Cutting vegetation for health
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
- trimmingCutting away excess
- topiaryShaped shrub sculpture
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
secateurs · deadheading · bonsai · espalier · shrub · branch · foliage · shaping
Reducing length or duration
- reductionMaking something smaller
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
- truncationCutting something shorter
syllable · phonology · informal · colloquial · contraction · abbreviation · deletion · unstressed
Diminishing worth or purity
- coinageInvented term or currency
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- groatHistorical English fourpenny piece
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
silver · gold · numismatics · minting · bullion · alloy · fraud · currency
Certificate for reduced price
- voucherRedeemable certificate for value
- discountReduced price offered
- dealAgreement or distribution
- savingsAccumulated money kept
bargain · rebate · promotion · cutout · newspaper · magazine · grocery · shopping
excerpt
Portion taken from larger work
extract · quote · fragment · selection · scrapbook · archive · news · article · press · newspaper
haircut
Styling by trimming
salon · stylist · shears · snip · layers · fade · buzzcut · undercut · grooming · bangs
pruning
Cutting vegetation for health
shears · secateurs · deadheading · bonsai · espalier · shrub · branch · foliage · shaping · cutting
snip
Small quick cut
crack · hooves · trot · canter · scissors · shears · crisp · sharp · metallic · rhythmic
shortening
Reducing length or duration
- reductionMaking something smaller
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
- elisionDropped sounds in speech
truncation · syllable · phonology · informal · colloquial · contraction · abbreviation · deletion · unstressed · vowel
debasement
Diminishing worth or purity
- coinageInvented term or currency
- shillingFormer British monetary unit
- groatHistorical English fourpenny piece
counterfeit · silver · gold · numismatics · minting · bullion · alloy · fraud · currency · revaluation
coupon
Certificate for reduced price
savings · bargain · rebate · promotion · cutout · newspaper · magazine · grocery · shopping · frugal
distortion
Twisting from original state
- feedbackReturned response data
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- compressionForcing into smaller space
limiting · peaking · overdrive · saturation · gain · headroom · threshold · loudness · mixing · mastering
- gardening termsgrowing, blooming, wilting, pruning, grafting
- removing excesspruning, trimming, skimming, draining, filtering
- cutting outtrimming, cropping, pruning, snipping, excising
- collagecollage, paper collage, photo collage, digital collage, cutout
- hedge maintenancetrimming, pruning, shaping, shearing, hedge trimmers
- manicuringfiling, buffing, shaping, trimming, polishing
clippinggrowing
Increasing or enlarging
extending · elongating · lengthening · expanding · increasing
clippingunclipping
Releasing a fastened attachment
unclip · detaching · unfastening · releasing · disconnecting
clippingexpanding
Growing in scope
elaborating · lengthening · blending · compounding · affixation
- newspaper clippingsSaved excerpts from periodicals
- nail clippingSevered fingertip keratin
- press clippingsExcerpted news items
- news clippingsExcerpted newspaper articles
- clipping nailsShortening fingertip growth
- coupon clippingExcising printed store discounts