Clipped words are words shortened by common use; they are a shortened abbreviation of a word, which makes them easier to spell and write.
List of Clip Words
The list below contains 95 clipped words.
Clip | Original Word | Clip | Original Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| ad | advertisement | margarine | oleomargarine |
| alum | alumni | mart | market |
| auto | automobile | math | mathematics |
| bike | bicycle | memo | memorandum |
| bra | brassiere | mend | amend |
| bro | brother | mike | microphone |
| burger | hamburger | miss | mistress |
| bus | omnibus | mod | modern |
| bust | burst | movie | moving pictures |
| butt | buttocks | mum | chrysanthemum |
| cab | cabriolet | pants | pantaloons |
| caf | cafeteria | pen | penitentiary |
| calc | calculus | pep | pepper |
| canter | Canterbury gallop | perk | percolate |
| cent | centum | perk | perquisite |
| champ | champion | phone | telephone |
| chem | chemistry | photo | photograph |
| chemist | alchemist | pike | turnpike |
| clerk | cleric | plane | airplane |
| coed | coeducational student | pop | popular |
| con | convict | pro | professional |
| co-op | cooperative | prof | professor |
| copter | helicopter | prom | promenade |
| cuke | cucumber | quake | earthquake |
| curio | curiosity | ref | referee |
| deb | debutante | rev | revolution |
| deli | delicatessen | scram | scramble |
| doc | doctor | specs | spectacles |
| dorm | dormitory | specs | specifications |
| drape | drapery | sport | disport |
| exam | examination | stereo | stereophonic |
| fan | fanatic | still | distill |
| fax | facsimile | sub | submarine |
| flu | influenza | tails | coattails |
| fridge | refrigerator | taxi | taxicab |
| gab | gabble | teen | teenager |
| gas | gasoline | tie | necktie |
| gater | alligator | trig | trigonometry |
| grad | graduate | trump | triumph |
| gym | gymnasium | tux | tuxedo |
| hack | hackney | typo | typographical error |
| hippo | hippopotamus | van | caravan |
| iron | flatiron | varsity | university |
| jet | jet aircraft | vet | veteran |
| lab | laboratory | vet | veterinarian |
| limo | limousine | wig | periwig |
| lube | lubricate | zoo | zoological garden |
| lunch | luncheon |
Source: Fry, E.B., Ph.D. & Kress, J.E., Ed.D. (2006). The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists 5th Edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.
Rhino a clip word.
Taxicab is Taxicabriolet..
Taxi
good job
Thank you yall work hard
the clip word trigonometry is trigo.
bike also for motorbike
con also for convention, conference or congress
gym also for gymnastics
op for operational or operative in many more compounds
bit originally binary digit
cello for violoncello
chimp for chimpanzee
congrats for congratulations
hex for hexadecimal
pram for perambulator
promo for promotion
tab for tabulator
Fax – facsimile
Cab- cabinet
Lab- laboratory
Thank you
Clipped word for kilogram
demo = demonstration
amp = amplifier
gents = gentelmen