clipping

clipping
clippingly, adv.
/klip"ing/, n.
1. the act of a person or thing that clips.
2. a piece clipped off or out, esp. an article, advertisement, etc., clipped from a newspaper or magazine.
3. See clipped form.
adj.
4. serving or tending to clip.
5. Informal. swift: a clipping pace.
[1300-50; ME. See CLIP1, -ING2, -ING1]

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