clipping

To grip tightly.

To fasten with a clip.

“Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.”

To hug, embrace.

To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

“Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.”

To curtail; to cut short.

To strike with the hand.

“I'll clip ye round the lugs!”

To hit or strike, especially in passing.

“The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.”

An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.

To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.

To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.

(Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).

“Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns.”

To cheat, swindle, or fleece.

To grab or take stealthily

A piece of something removed by clipping.

“a clipping of hair”

An article clipped from a newspaper.

A short form (of a word) created by removing syllables.

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

The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.

The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.

Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.