Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK, not comparable, obsolete, slang)Excellent; very good.

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Tom was clipping his nails as he waited for Mary to finish getting dressed.

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  2. Tom is clipping his fingernails.

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  3. Tom is clipping his toenails.

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  4. Tom is clipping his nails.

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  5. I have a newspaper clipping file.

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Origin

By surface analysis, clip + -ing.

By surface analysis, clip + -ing.

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Word family

1 related words
Derivedclippingly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clipboardclippercliqueclitoriscloakC1

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