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clipping

Definition

  • noun: something (such as an article or a picture) that has been cut out of a newspaper or magazine
  • noun: something that is 'clipped' off or out of something else
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: quotation, snippet, offcut

Examples

  • She's outside 'clipping' [='trimming'] the hedges/bushes.

  • a newspaper/magazine 'clipping'

  • a fingernail 'clipping'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - This your house? Yeah. It's messy right now. I just got off work. It's nice. You got air conditioning. - Thank you. - I ate some. I kept a scrapbook of your clippings, and everything. There you are. And this, I got you running. I ran a long way. It's a long time. And there... Listen, Forrest, (..)
    1994 Forrest Gump