26984 words

clippings

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
a piece that has been cut off something:

Examples:

grass/nail clippings
2
an article cut from a newspaper:

Examples:

newspaper clipping A friend sent me a newspaper clipping about someone we were at school with.
3
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:

Examples:

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

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