| noun | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine “he searched through piles of letters and clippings” |
| noun | cutting down to the desired size or shape |
| noun | the act of clipping or snipping |
| verb | sever or remove by pinching or snipping “nip off the flowers” |
| verb | run at a moderately swift pace |
| verb | attach with a clip “clip the papers together” |
| verb | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of “dress the plants in the garden” |
| verb | terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent “My speech was cut short” |
| trim | verb | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of |
| clip | verb | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of |
| snip | verb | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of |
| clip | noun | the act of clipping or snipping |
| clipper | noun | shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) |
| clipping | noun | the act of clipping or snipping |
| snip | noun | the act of clipping or snipping |
| snipping | noun | a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) |
| trot | noun | a slow pace of running |
| trotter | noun | foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food |
| jog | noun | a slow pace of running |
| jogger | noun | someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise) |
| jogging | noun | running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise |
| crop | noun | the yield from plants in a single growing season |
| trim | noun | cutting down to the desired size or shape |
| trimmer | noun | a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs |
| trimming | noun | cutting down to the desired size or shape |
| lopper | noun | a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees |
| pruner | noun | a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs |
| pruning | noun | the act of trimming a plant |
| curtailment | noun | the temporal property of being cut short |