clipping

1 of 2

noun

clip·​ping ˈkli-piŋ 

: something that is clipped off or out of something else

grass clippings

especially : an item clipped from a publication

clipping

2 of 2

present participle of clip entry 1, clip entry 3

Examples of clipping in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

One scrapbook is filled with newspaper clippings documenting the hospital's role in the community over the decades. — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Archival materials, including old news clippings and documents, displayed alongside the photographs document decades of elevator failures and resident complaints. — Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026

Last month, New York’s American Museum of Natural History returned 2,700 hair clippings—originally collected for display at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and held in the collection of the museum ever since—in compliance with NAGPRA. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Over in East Chicago’s Roxana neighborhood, Chris Myers swept grass clippings off his lawn. — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing clipping

• press clipping

Rhymes for clipping

• chipping
• dipping
• dripping
• flipping
• gripping
• nipping
• ripping
• shipping
• sipping
• skipping
• slipping
• snipping

Kids Definition

clipping

noun

clip·​ping ˈklip-iŋ 

: something cut out or off

a newspaper clipping

grass clippings