Clipping

n.	1.	The act of embracing.
	2.	The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins. clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money. - Locke.
	3.	That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.
	4.	(Football) The act of hitting a player from behind, for the purpose of blocking. It is illegal in football because it can lead to injury to the blocked player, who cannot anticipate the action. A penalty of 10 yards or more may be assessed against the team of the offending player.

Noun	1.	clipping - an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" Synonyms: newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, cutting
	2.	clipping - cutting down to the desired size or shape Synonyms: trimming, trim
	3.	clipping - the act of clipping or snipping Synonyms: snip, clip

abbreviation, ana, analects, anthology, apocope, aposiopesis, bit, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clippings, collectanea, collection, collop, contraction, crasis, crumb, cut, cutting, cuttings, dollop, elision, ellipsis, end, excerpta, excerpts, extracts, florilegium, flowers, fragment, fragments, gleanings, gob, gobbet, hunk, lump, miscellanea, miscellany, modicum, moiety, morsel, paring, particle, piece, pruning, rasher, scoop, scrap, shard, shaving, shiver, shortening, shred, slice, sliver, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, splinter, stitch, stump, syncope, syneresis, tatter, truncation