clipping

3 definitions • 4 examples

a piece that has been cut off something:

grass/nail clippings

an article cut from a newspaper:

newspaper clipping A friend sent me a newspaper clipping about someone we were at school with.

in American football, the act of hitting a player on the other team below the waist from behind when that player is not carrying the ball:

Clipping is not usually called if the player being hit turns his back just before the defending player hits him.

The clipping penalty by the defence allowed the offence to advance an extra 15 yards.