different between clipping vs clopping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl?p??/
• Rhymes: -?p??
• Hyphenation: clip?ping

Verb

clipping

1. present participle of clip

Noun

clipping (countable and uncountable, plural clippings)

1. (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
2. (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
3. (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word) created by removing syllables.
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, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.

Synonyms

• (piece of something removed by clipping): offcut, snippet
• (article clipped from a newspaper): cutting, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting
• (word formed by shortening another): short form

Hyponyms

• (linguistics): apheresis (initial clipping); syncope (medial clipping); apocope (final clipping)

Translations

See also

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

Adjective

clipping (not comparable)

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

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p??

Verb

clopping

1. present participle of clop

Noun

clopping (plural cloppings)

1. The sound or action of something that clops.
2. (My Little Pony fandom slang) The act of masturbating to erotic fanart of My Little Pony characters.
   • 2013, Thomas Raethel, "The Mysterious World of Bronies", Critic (University of Otago), Issue 22, 9 September 2013, page 33:

     According to an internal study undertaken by bronies themselves, 19.05 per cent of respondents engaged in clopping.

   • 2014, Brian R., "Top 5: Mother's Day Gifts", Desire Magazine, May 2014, page 19:

     You prove your ability to procreate by tastefully introducing your Mother to your My Little Pony collection and your fervent love of clopping (Urban Dictionary it) and your amazing fedora hat rack!

   • 2015, Terrence Smith, "Galloping With the Bronies", Valley Advocate, 10 March 2015:

     And the most uncomfortable question bronies get is about “clopping,” that is, masturbating to pony porn.