clippingn.1
/ˈklɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈklɪpɪŋ/ Clasping, embracing.
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the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] > action of embracing
clippingc1230
embracingc1386
halsing1387
collinga1425
amplection1474
embracement1485
culling1490
bracingc1540
clasping1562
embrace1599
embrasure1609
hugging1616
bosoming1624
amplexation1634
embrassade1830
huddling1869
lapping-
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > surrounding closely or tightly
clipping1434
clasping1609
clasp1614
embracement1626
enlacing1633
enlacement1830
c1230 Hali Meid. 3 Fleschliche þohtes..eggeð þe to brudlac & to weres cluppinge.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Eccles. iii. 5 Time of clipping and time to ben maad aferr fro clippingus.
1434 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 102 A ryng..with clippyng of ij handes, siluir & gilt.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Embrassement, a colling, a clipping.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 104 Kissing and clipping.
1862 H. Taylor St. Clement's Eve v. ii Is this a time for clippings and embracings?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
clippingn.2
1. The action of cutting with (or as with) shears or scissors.
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society > trade and finance > money > mutilating coin > [noun]
clippingc1440
washinga1513
rounding1562
money clipping1570
tonsure1621
sweating1785
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > cutting or shaving
dodding?c1225
shearingc1315
shaving138.
tonsure1390
pollinga1400
clippingc1440
rasure1483
barbing1485
trimmingc1525
colling1575
tonsuring1811
detonsure1819
pogonotomy1896
poodling1907
razor cutting1952
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)
shearingc1315
paring1319
concision1382
shaving1390
thwiting1393
forcingc1440
trousing1512
trimmingc1525
circumcision1581
snipping1583
clipping1589
snip-snap1597
trim1608
whittling1614
collinga1628
shripping1635
snippery1639
undercuttinga1652
exscindinga1677
nipping1693
snip-snapping1906
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > curtailment
wanec1315
abridginga1382
shortinga1390
abridgement1439
defalcation1476
shorteninga1542
retrenchmentc1600
abridge1611
amputation1664
castration1728
curtail1797
curtailment1799
clipping1839
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 82 Clyppynge, tonsura.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 127 Þe Jewis..were also accused of clipping of mony.
1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 255 The clipping of thair crownes.
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet B iij Which made his eares quake for feare of clipping.
1735 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 31) i. iii. ii. 160 The silver coin of this kingdom was miserably debased by clipping.
1839 T. Carlyle Chartism viii. 76 Successive clippings away of the Supreme Authority.
1885 Saunders in Academy 21 Nov. 337/2 Clipping [of horses]..was only introduced from the Continent about 1825.
2.
a. The product of this action, a small piece clipped off, a cutting, paring, shaving; a shred of cloth, a portion pared from a coin, etc.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > shaving or chip
chipa1393
sprotea1400
chipping?c1400
spallc1440
clipping1461
spalea1500
chiplet1873
paint chip1891
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a piece cut off
cutting1382
culponc1400
clipping1461
chop?1463
shearing1536
sharing?1553
chopping1558
snip1558
share1590
snipping1611
offcut1663
snippet1664
kerf1678
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > refuse part of anything > cut, broken, or fallen off
paring1314
chipping?c1400
parurec1400
pare?a1425
offals1538
off-shaving1565
clipping1579
peeling1598
pinching1688
whittling1854
society > trade and finance > money > mutilating coin > [noun] > portion clipped from coin
scissel1622
clipping1689
nig1699
1461–83 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 71 His parte of the clippinges and fees.
1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 61 The voutesafynge me by the next carrier..the clippings of your thrishonorable mustachyoes.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2496/4 Convicted of having Clippings and Clipping-Tools found in his House.
1866 Reader 28 July 684 His clippings from popular writers.
1884 A. Griffiths Chron. Newgate 105 Three other clippers..were found to be in possession of £400 in clippings.
1885 Manch. Examiner 21 Oct. 5/6 The tin clippings are wastefully thrown into the river.
b. A press cutting (cf. cutting n. 4b). Originally U.S.
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society > communication > journalism > supply of news or newspapers > [noun] > press-cutting agency > press-cutting
exsection1812
newspaper slip1830
cutting1856
clipping1857
press clipping1881
scissoring1881
press cutting1888
1857 N. W. T. Root School Amusements 207 Every day there are brought in the clippings, and cuttings of all the boys, from home papers.
1903 Christendom Apr. p. ii (advt.) United States Press Clipping Bureau.
1935 Punch 27 Mar. 338/1 So many diverse expressions of opinion, so many clippings from newspaper articles..have been sent to this office.
c. The shortening of a word, etc.; also, the resulting shortened form.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction
syncope1530
syncopation?1533
accurtation?c1570
decurtation1652
paresis1885
suspension1896
decaudation1897
clipping1933
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > a contracted word
syncope1530
syncopation?1533
abbreviation1576
abbreviature1602
abridgement1612
contract1669
contraction1755
shrivel1873
suspension1896
stump word1922
clipping1933
1933 E. Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday i. iii. 27 Slang delights to curtail (clip, abbreviate, shorten) words... Many such clippings have passed into standard English, as with cab for cabriolet, 'bus for omnibus.
1948 N. Gray in Papers Brit. Sch. Rome XVI. 87 The clipping of the enclitic que becomes common for the first time.
1965 Eng. Stud. 46 474 ‘Tab’ as a clipping from tabloid.
Compounds
clipping agency n. U.S. = clipping bureau n.
ΚΠ
1938 S. V. Benét Thirteen o'Clock 81 If I could get hold of her clipping-agency, there'd be blood on the moon.
clipping bureau n. U.S. an organization which supplies clippings from newspapers, etc.; a press-cutting agency.
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1910 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 30 July 6/2 The latter has been posted on Antioch affairs by the girl who runs the clipping bureau.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > places for styling hair > [noun]
barberyc1440
clipping-house1483
barbershop1579
toilet club1855
1483 Cath. Angl. 67 A Clippynge howse, tonsorium.
1567 Act 1 Jas. VI (1597) §19 Ordanes the Provest and Baillies.. to make sufficient clipping houses.
clipping-shears n. (see quot.).
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Clipping-shears, shears for clipping horses, having a guard which gages the length of hair.
clipping-time n. (a) the time of sheep-shearing; (b) Scottish the nick of time.
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1740 Laban ferde, to nimen kep In clipping-time to hise sep.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 4 From lambinge time..till clippinge time, which is aboute midsummer.., they are called gimmer lambes.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 170 I wad liked weel just to hae come in at the clipping-time, and gi'en him a lounder wi' my pike-staff.
clipping tree n.
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1800 W. Wordsworth Michael 174 That large old oak..Chosen for the shearer's covert from the sun, Thence..call'd The ‘Clipping Tree’.
Draft additions 1993
b. Computing. The action of or facility for removing parts of a displayed image.
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society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > applications program > graphics > reduction of
clipping1968
1968 Proc. AFIPS Conf. 33 766/1 Windowing may..be performed by clipping, the process of discovering which portions of a drawing are within the window and computing appropriate scope coordinates for them.
1975 Software Pract. 5 115 The windowing problem can be..thought of as two processes: scaling and clipping.
1983 Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Dec. 104/1 To push back the limits of the world of microcomputer graphics means the programmer has to learn about clipping and viewports.
1986 Computerworld 7 Apr. 81/2 Reverse clipping with ZMD-Plot allows the user to blank out certain portions of the graphic image and overlay a second image.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
clippingadj.1
/ˈklɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈklɪpɪŋ/ Clasping, embracing.
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the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [adjective]
clippinga1586
yoking1593
clasping1717
hugging1841
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H6 He..runnes, and takes hir in his clipping armes.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. Proem. sig. B5 Let others sing..of clipping loues.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
clippingadj.2
/ˈklɪpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈklɪpɪŋ/ a. That clips, or cuts with shears; that flies or moves fast.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective]
swiftc888
swifta1050
currentc1300
quickc1300
hastivea1325
hastyc1330
ingnel1340
swiftyc1380
speedfula1387
fasta1400
swippingc1420
speedy1487
fleet1528
tite?a1540
scudding1545
flighty1552
suddenly1556
flight1581
feathered1587
Pegasean1590
wing-footed1591
swift-winged?1592
thought-swift-flying1595
wind-winged?1596
swallow-winged1597
Pegasarian1607
skelping1607
rapid1608
night-swifta1616
celerious1632
clipping1635
perniciousa1656
volatile1655
quick-foot1658
meteorous1667
windy1697
high-flying1710
fleet-footed1726
aliped1727
wickc1760
velocious1775
flight-performing1785
fast-going1800
fast-moving1802
meteor1803
wight-wapping1830
fleety1841
speeding1847
swiftening1848
two-forty1855
fire-swift1865
pennate1870
spinning1882
percursory1884
zippy1889
meteoric1895
pacy1906
presto1952
the world > animals > birds > flight > [adjective] > that flies > rapidly
clipping1635
the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > motion in the air > [adjective] > flying (as) with wings > flying swiftly
swift-winged?1592
fleet-winged1594
clipping1635
tachypetous1860
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iv. ii. 190 That the pineons of a clipping Dove Would cut my passage, through the empty Ayre.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House ix. 80 I only wish I had the command of a clipping privateer.
1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 151 With clipping tongue.
b. Of pace: fast, ‘rattling’. colloquial.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > specifically of pace
smart1748
rattling1768
slapping1812
fast-paced1838
clipping1845
spanking1857
1845 Punch Sept. 122/1 When we do walk in our slumbers, we walk a clipping pace.
1896 B'ham Daily Gaz. 2 Sept. (E.D.D.) [The fox] ran at a clipping pace.
c. slang. Excellent, first-rate.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
faireOE
bremea1000
goodlyOE
goodfulc1275
noblec1300
pricec1300
specialc1325
gentlec1330
fine?c1335
singulara1340
thrivena1350
thriven and throa1350
gaya1375
properc1380
before-passinga1382
daintiful1393
principala1398
gradelya1400
burlyc1400
daintyc1400
thrivingc1400
voundec1400
virtuousc1425
hathelc1440
curiousc1475
singlerc1500
beautiful1502
rare?a1534
gallant1539
eximious1547
jolly1548
egregious?c1550
jellyc1560
goodlike1562
brawc1565
of worth1576
brave?1577
surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
boss1836
lummy1838
flash1840
slap1840
tall1840
high-graded1841
awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
hot1845
ripsnorting1846
clipping1848
stupendous1848
stunning1849
raving1850
shrewd1851
jammy1853
slashing1854
rip-staving1856
ripping1858
screaming1859
up to dick1863
nifty1865
premier cru1866
slap-bang1866
clinking1868
marvellous1868
rorty1868
terrific1871
spiffing1872
all wool and a yard wide1882
gorgeous1883
nailing1883
stellar1883
gaudy1884
fizzing1885
réussi1885
ding-dong1887
jim-dandy1888
extra-special1889
yum-yum1890
out of sight1891
outasight1893
smooth1893
corking1895
large1895
super1895
hot dog1896
to die for1898
yummy1899
deevy1900
peachy1900
hi1901
v.g.1901
v.h.c.1901
divvy1903
doozy1903
game ball1905
goodo1905
bosker1906
crackerjack1910
smashinga1911
jake1914
keen1914
posh1914
bobby-dazzling1915
juicy1916
pie on1916
jakeloo1919
snodger1919
whizz-bang1920
wicked1920
four-star1921
wow1921
Rolls-Royce1922
whizz-bang1922
wizard1922
barry1923
nummy1923
ripe1923
shrieking1926
crazy1927
righteous1930
marvy1932
cool1933
plenty1933
brahmaa1935
smoking1934
solid1935
mellow1936
groovy1937
tough1937
bottler1938
fantastic1938
readyc1938
ridge1938
super-duper1938
extraordinaire1940
rumpty1940
sharp1940
dodger1941
grouse1941
perfecto1941
pipperoo1945
real gone1946
bosting1947
supersonic1947
whizzo1948
neato1951
peachy-keen1951
ridgey-dite1953
ridgy-didge1953
top1953
whizzing1953
badass1955
wild1955
belting1956
magic1956
bitching1957
swinging1958
ridiculous1959
a treat1959
fab1961
bad-assed1962
uptight1962
diggish1963
cracker1964
marv1964
radical1964
bakgat1965
unreal1965
pearly1966
together1968
safe1970
bad1971
brilliant1971
fabby1971
schmick1972
butt-kicking1973
ripper1973
Tiffany1973
bodacious1976
rad1976
kif1978
awesome1979
death1979
killer1979
fly1980
shiok1980
stonking1980
brill1981
dope1981
to die1982
mint1982
epic1983
kicking1983
fabbo1984
mega1985
ill1986
posho1989
pukka1991
lovely jubbly1992
awesomesauce2001
nang2002
bess2006
amazeballs2009
boasty2009
daebak2009
beaut2013
1848 A. H. Clough Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich iii. 148 At Castleton, high in Braemar, were the clippingest places for bathing.
1861 W. M. Thackeray Philip iv What clipping girls there were in that barouche.
1873 Slang Dict. Clipping, excellent, very good.
Derivatives
ˈclippingly adv. in a clipping manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adverb]
snipa1661
stabbingly1673
clippingly1849
incisively1871
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > in a mumbling or indistinct manner
closely1564
mafflingly1565
thick1589
fumblingly1598
mumblingly1662
grumblingly1677
mutteringlyc1681
clippingly1849
amutter1856
splutteringly1941
splodgily1963
slurrily1969
1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur vi. xxxiii It was sublime to see Such polished sheers go clippingly.
1857 S. Osborn Quedah iii. 38 His cognomen..was Jack Ketch; a nickname he pronounced so clippingly that it sounded not unlike his real one.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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n.1c1230
n.2a1325
adj.1a1586adj.21635