What is the meaning of clipping?

noun

• An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine.
  • usage: "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
  • synonyms: newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting
• Cutting down to the desired size or shape.
  • synonyms: trim, trimming
• The act of clipping or snipping.
  • synonyms: clip, snip

verb

• Sever or remove by pinching or snipping.
  • usage: "nip off the flowers"
  • synonyms: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
• Run at a moderately swift pace.
  • synonyms: trot, jog, clip
• Attach with a clip.
  • usage: "clip the papers together"
  • synonyms: clip
• Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
  • usage: "dress the plants in the garden"
  • synonyms: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
• Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.
  • usage: "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
  • synonyms: clip, curtail, cut short