Synonyms:
clip, clipping, snip
Meaning: the act of clipping or snipping
Synonyms:
trim, trimming, clipping
Meaning: cutting down to the desired size or shape
Synonyms:
clipping, newspaper_clipping, press_clipping, cutting, press_cutting
Meaning: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
Usage examples
It was a quaint old place, enclosed by a thorn hedge so shapely and dense from incessant clipping that the mill-boy could walk along the top without sinking in--a feat which he often performed as a means of filling out his day's work.
And then he took such a thought suddenly that he was all dismayed, and other cheer made he none but with clipping and kissing; as for other fleshly lusts Sir Tristram never thought nor had ado with her: such mention maketh the French book; also it maketh mention that the lady weened there had been no pleasure but kissing and clipping.