Synonyms of the word

clipping

• v. present participle of clip.
• n. (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
• n. (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
• n. (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word).
• n. (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain…
• n. (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
• n. (uncountable, American football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's…

clip

• v. To grip tightly.
• v. To fasten with a clip.
• v. (archaic) To hug, embrace.
• v. (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
• n. Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• n. An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
• n. (obsolete) An embrace.
• n. A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm…
• n. A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the…
• n. (fishing, Britain, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
• v. To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
• v. To curtail; to cut short.
• v. (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
• v. (American football) An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting…
• v. (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
• v. (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering…
• v. To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
• n. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole.
• n. An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
• n. (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.
• n. (informal) A blow with the hand.

cut

• adj. (participial adjective) Having been cut.
• adj. Reduced.
• adj. Omitted from a literary or musical work.
• adj. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
• adj. (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
• adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among…
• adj. (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
• adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Emotionally hurt.
• adj. Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
• adj. Removed from a team roster.
• adj. (New Zealand) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
• n. An opening resulting from cutting.
• n. The act of cutting.
• n. The result of cutting.
• n. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
• n. (specifically) An artificial navigation as distingished from a navigable river.
• n. A share or portion.
• n. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
• n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the…
• n. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also,…
• n. (golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained…
• n. (theater) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
• n. (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
• n. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
• n. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
• n. A slab, especially of meat.
• n. (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
• n. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
• n. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio…
• n. (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits…
• n. A haircut.
• n. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
• n. A string of railway cars coupled together.
• n. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
• n. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
• n. (slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
• n. A skein of yarn.
• v. (heading, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
• v. (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
• v. (transitive, heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
• v. (intransitive, film, audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
• v. (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove and place in memory for later use.
• v. (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
• v. (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball…
• v. (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
• v. (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
• v. (transitive, slang) To write.
• v. (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
• v. (transitive) To exhibit (a quality).
• v. (transitive) To stop or disengage.
• v. (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball,…

cutting

• v. present participle of cut.
• n. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
• n. (countable) A section removed from the larger whole.
• n. (countable) A newspaper clipping.
• n. (countable) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
• n. (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
• n. (uncountable) The editing of film or other recordings.
• n. (uncountable) Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.
• n. (machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
• n. (countable) A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.
• adj. (not comparable) That is used for cutting.
• adj. Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.

excerpt

• n. a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition…
• v. To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

excerption

• n. The act of excerpting or selecting.
• n. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.

extract

• n. Something that is extracted or drawn out.
• n. A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
• n. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential…
• n. Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained.
• n. A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant…
• n. (obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all…
• n. Ancestry; descent.
• n. A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein,…
• v. (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction,…
• v. (transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare…
• v. (transitive) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
• v. (transitive) To select parts of a whole.
• v. (transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).

selection

• n. The process or act of selecting.
• n. Something selected.
• n. A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
• n. A musical piece.
• n. (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.

snip

• v. To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
• v. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
• v. To break off; to snatch away.
• v. (informal) To circumcise.
• v. (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
• n. The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
• n. A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
• n. Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
• n. A small amount of something; a pinch.
• n. (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
• n. A small or weak person, especially a young one.
• n. (dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
• n. (obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
• n. (obsolete, slang) A tailor.

trim

• v. (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'…
• v. (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
• v. (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust pitch using trim tabs.
• v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast;…
• v. (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially…
• v. (dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.
• v. (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
• v. (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
• v. (transitive, dated) To rebuke; to reprove; also, to beat.
• n. (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
• n. (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
• n. Dress; gear; ornaments.
• n. (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
• n. (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse.
• n. (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast;…
• n. (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
• adj. Physically fit.
• adj. Slender, lean.
• adj. Neat or smart in appearance.
• adv. (nautical) In good order, properly managed or maintained.
• adv. (nautical) With sails well trimmed.

trimming

• n. The act of someone who trims.
• n. Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
• n. An accompaniment to a meal.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastisting.
• v. present participle of trim.