CLIPPING Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of clipping

as in shaving

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verb

present participle of clip

as in trimming

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument a mother who's sad to see her little boy's curls clipped for the first time

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as in hitting

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner the pitch clipped the batter's helmet with enough force to knock it clean off his head

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Recent Examples of clipping

Noun

Old Herald clippings from 1986 reported about homeowners’ toilets and sinks smelling like gas, a 3-year-old getting rashes and fevers from drinking the well water and fear of dryers exploding. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 27 June 2026 Currently, when city residents separate their food waste and yard clippings, chances are it’s being trucked to faraway processing facilities in Bakersfield or Lancaster. — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026

Verb

Stembel suggests tightly folding or clipping the seed packet closed, and writing the year on it as a quick hack. — Bianca Lambert, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2026 Rebroadcasting, clipping or other uses are not permitted without licensing. — Brian Smith, Des Moines Register, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clipping

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Noun

Taking shorter showers and turning off the tap while brushing teeth or shaving.

— Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
Fragrance-free and gentle enough for sensitive skin, Green Stix turn a shaving mishap into a non-event.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of shaving

Verb

Rather than trimming that weight, Fukushima's lab asked whether anything needed to be worn at all.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
Spectator interference became the ruling, and Volpe was awarded an RBI double that scored Lombard from first base, trimming Tampa Bay's lead to 4-3.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of trimming

Verb

Social media videos of him hitting tennis balls and baseballs while listing his policy proposals have provided a font of online mockery.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
Lips and eyes were also adorned at the L’Oreal Paris booth, where guests received touch-ups before hitting the adjacent Allure Red Carpet.

— Eden Stuart, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of hitting

Noun

Up there like the queen of it all is this big platelike moon with a sliver out of it at the three-o’clock position.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
The idiosyncratic biopic makes the right choices, giving us in a sliver of time the dailiness of a working life with its gossip, money worries, and ongoing projects dwindling or cresting or inching forward.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of sliver

Verb

Upgrading to the Thrust Variant requires a $245,000 follow-up payment and adds SpaceX cold-gas rear thrusters alongside an active multi-mode fan system for downforce, cutting acceleration down to under a second.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
And by cutting China off, Washington gave Beijing every reason to build its own alternatives.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of cutting

Verb

Less than three months after that deal was announced in January 2022, Smith became an industry pariah after slapping Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars, earning a 10-year ban from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Hochman said the nannies were caught on video spanking, slapping or hitting the children.

— News Editor, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of slapping

Noun

In the commercial, the snippets of Salazar show her 1990s sit down with the late Communist leader.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
At the 39-minute mark of the episode, fans can hear a snippet of one of Once Upon a Time‘s tracks featuring a smooth verse from Meth.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of snippet

Verb

Then left tackle Alaric Jackson was suspended by the NFL for punching a Bills player on the field after the game.

— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The attackers uttered homophobic remarks before repeatedly punching and kicking the victims, police said.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

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