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[[t]klɪp[/t]]

v. clipped, clipped, clip•ping, n.

1) to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears:

to clip a rose from a bush[/ex]

2) to trim by cutting:

to clip a hedge[/ex]

3) to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear

4) num to pare the edge of (a coin)

5) to cut short; curtail:

We clipped our visit by a week[/ex]

6) ling. to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables

7) Informal. to hit with a quick, sharp blow

8) sts Slang. to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle

9) to clip or cut something

10) to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc

11) to move swiftly:

The motorcycle clipped along the road[/ex]

12) archaic to fly rapidly

13) the act of clipping

14) anything clipped off, esp. the wool shorn at a single shearing of sheep

15) the amount of wool shorn in one season

16) clips, (used with a pl. v.) an instrument for clipping; shears

17) inf Informal.

clipping 2)

18) inf Informal. a quick, sharp blow

19) pace:

at a rapid clip[/ex]

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Etymology: 1150–1200; MEclippen< ON klippa to clip, cut clip′pa•ble, adj. II

clip

[[t]klɪp[/t]] n. v. clipped, clip•ping

1) a device that grips and holds tightly

2) a metal or plastic clasp for holding together papers, letters, etc

3) a frame holding cartridges for insertion into the magazine of a firearm

4) jew an article of jewelry or other decoration clipped onto clothing, shoes, hats, etc

5) archaic an embrace

6) cv to fasten with or as if with a clip

7) cv to grip or hold tightly

8) to encircle; encompass

9) spo (in football) to block illegally by throwing one's body across a player's legs from behind

10) cvb to fasten or hold with or as if with a clip (often fol. by on)

11) to clip a football player

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Etymology: bef. 900; MEclippen, OE clyppan to embrace, surround, c. OFris kleppa