(~s)
1.
A ~ is an article, picture, or advertisement that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
...bulletin boards crowded with newspaper ~s.
= cutting
N-COUNT: oft n N
2.
Clippings are small pieces of something that have been cut from something larger.
Having mown the lawn, there are all those grass ~s to get rid of.
...nail ~s.
N-COUNT: usu pl, oft n N