Definitions
Clipping - as a noun
An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
Example: "He searched through piles of letters and clippings"
Cutting down to the desired size or shape
Clipping - as a verb
To grip tightly.
To fasten with a clip.
Example: "Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go."
To hug, embrace.
To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
Example: "Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper."
To curtail; to cut short.
To strike with the hand.
Example: "I'll clip ye round the lugs!"
To hit or strike, especially in passing.
Example: "The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost."
An illegal tackle: throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
(of a camera, character model, etc.) to move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
Example: "Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns."
To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
To grab or take stealthily
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
CLIPPING has a SCRABBLE points total of 15.
CLIPPING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 21.
CLIPPING has a WORDFEUD points total of 19.
