Clippingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

clipping

1. present participle of clip

名詞

clipping (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 clippings)

1. (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.

   a clipping of hair

   grass clippings

   Synonyms: offcut, snippet

   • 2001 June 19, Pat Kiewicz, “Mulch in the garden”, in rec.gardens, Usenet‎^[1], message-ID <_ZFX6.44183$s12.1097074@typhoon.mw.mediaone.net>:

     I use a mulching mower and usually let the clippings go back to the lawn, but sometimes I'll gather clippings for mulching in the vegetable garden.

2. (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.

   Synonym: cutting

   • 2011 November 19, James Bishop Jr., “Grand Canyon mystery runs deep”, in The Arizona Republic:

     When a 90-year-old yellowed clipping appeared one day at my feet, an implausible new mystery entered my life.

3. (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word) created by removing syllables.

   The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".

   Synonym: short form

   • 2007 December 11, Peter T. Daniels, sci.lang, Usenet‎^[2], message-ID <b992264e-0708-4570-b54d-4ecc43586865@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>:

     > --Lia
     An unusual clipping! -or is it not short for Julia?

4. (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
5. (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
6. (uncountable, 米国用法 football, カナダ用法 football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.

下位語

• (linguistics): apheresis (initial clipping); syncope (medial clipping); apocope (final clipping), acronymy (another type of shortening)

参考

• Wiktionary's coverage of clippings by language
• (short form of a word): metaplasm, aphaeresis, procope, syncope, apocope

形容詞

clipping (not comparable)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) Excellent; very good.
   • 1880, Richard Mounteney Jephson, A Pink Wedding (volume 1, page 124)

     A Yankee fellow told a clipping good story.

   • 1887, Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches (page 270)

     Rather! a clipping good run!

Further reading

• clipping on Wikipedia.
• clipping (morphology) on Wikipedia.
• clipping (phonetics) on Wikipedia.
• clipping (signal processing) on Wikipedia.
• clipping (computer graphics) on Wikipedia.
• clipping (gridiron football) on Wikipedia.