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1  [klip] verb, clipped, clipped or clipt, clip⋅ping, noun
Use clip in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears: to clip a rose from a bush.
2. to trim by cutting: to clip a hedge.
3. to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear: to clip a poodle.
4. to pare the edge of (a coin). Compare sweat (def. 22).
5. to cut short; curtail: We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier.
6. to pronounce rapidly, with precise articulation and with omission of certain sounds, as of unstressed vowels: an annoying habit of clipping his words.
7. to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables.
8. Informal. to hit with a quick, sharp blow: He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch.
9. Slang. to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook.
–verb (used without object)
10. to clip or cut something.
11. to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc.
12. to move swiftly: He clipped along the highway on his motorcycle.
13. Archaic. to fly rapidly.
–noun
14. the act of clipping.
15. anything clipped off, esp. the wool shorn at a single shearing of sheep.
16. the amount of wool shorn in one season.
17. clips, (used with a plural verb) an instrument for clipping; shears.
18. film clip.
19. Informal. clipping (def. 2).
20. Informal. a quick, sharp blow: a clip on the jaw.
21. rate; pace: at a rapid clip.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME clippen < ON klippa to clip, cut

Related forms:
clip⋅pa⋅ble, adjective

clip

2  [klip] noun, verb, clipped, clip⋅ping.
–noun
1. a device that grips and holds tightly.
2. a metal or plastic clasp for holding together papers, letters, etc.
3. cartridge clip.
4. an article of jewelry or other decoration clipped onto clothing, shoes, hats, etc.
5. a flange on the upper surface of a horseshoe.
6. Also called lug. Shipbuilding. a short length of angle iron connecting and maintaining the angle between two members or surfaces.
7. Archaic. an embrace.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
8. to grip tightly; fasten with or as if with a clip.
9. to encircle; encompass.
10. Football. to block by illegally throwing the body across a player's legs from behind.
11. Archaic. to embrace or hug.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME clippen, OE clyppan to embrace, surround; c. OFris kleppa
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clip 1   (klĭp)   
v.   clipped, clip·ping, clips

v.   tr.
  1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears: clip coupons; clipped three seconds off the record.
  2. To make shorter by cutting; trim: clip a hedge.
  3. To cut off the edge of: clip a coin.
  4. To cut short; curtail.
    1. To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.
    2. To enunciate with clarity and precision: clip one's words.
  6. Informal To hit with a sharp blow: clipped me under the eye.
  7. Football To block (an opponent) illegally from the rear.
  8. Sports To hit or kick (the ball) in a certain direction.
  9. Slang To cheat, swindle, or rob.
v.   intr.
  1. To cut something.
  2. Informal To move rapidly.
n.  
  1. The act of clipping.
  2. Something clipped off, especially:
    1. The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.
    2. A season's shearing.
  3. A short extract from a movie or television program.
  4. Informal A quick sharp blow: a clip on the ear.
  5. Football An illegal block from the rear.
  6. Informal A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.
  7. A single occasion; a time: could write nine pages at a clip.
  8. clips A pair of shears or clippers.

[Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa.]
clip 2   (klĭp)   
n.  
  1. Any of various devices for gripping or holding things together; a clasp or fastener.
  2. A piece of jewelry that fastens with a clasp or clip; a brooch.
  3. A cartridge clip.
tr.v.   clipped, clip·ping, clips
  1. To fasten with or as if with a clip; hold tightly.
  2. Archaic To embrace or encompass.

[Middle English, hook, from clippen, to clasp, embrace, from Old English clyppan.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Clip

Clip\ (kl[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clipped (kl[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, kl[=y]pa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.]

1. To embrace, hence; to encompass.

O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. --Shak.

2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

Sentenced to have his ears clipped. --Macaulay.

3. To curtail; to cut short.

All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. --Shak.

In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. --Swift.

Clip

Clip\ (kl[i^]p), v. i. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.

Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. --Dryden.

Clip

Clip\, n. 1. An embrace. --Sir P. Sidney.

2. A cutting; a shearing.

3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. --Knight.

6. (Far.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak. --Youatt.

7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U. S.]

Clip

Clip\, n. 1. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.

2. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

3. A rapid gait. "A three-minute clip." --Kipling.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : clip
Spanish: cortar,
German: scheren, stutzen,
Japanese: 刈り込む
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clip  (1)
"cut," c.1200, from O.N. klippa, probably echoic. Meaning "rate of speed is c.1867. Noun meaning "extract from a movie" is from 1958.

clip  (2)
"fasten," O.E. clyppan "to embrace." Meaning "receptacle containing several cartridges for a repeating firearm" is from 1901. Meaning "piece of jewelry fastened by a clip" is from 1937. Also preserved in paper clip. Original sense in U.S. football clipping penalty. Clipboard is from 1907.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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clip

To detach the interest coupons from a bearer bond. These coupons must be presented to a bank, a brokerage house, or the issuer's agent in order for the holder of the bearer bond to receive interest payments.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: clip
Pronunciation: 'klip
Function: noun
: a device used to arrest bleeding from vessels or tissues during operations
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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clip (klĭp)
n.
A fastener used in surgery to hold skin or other tissue in position or to control hemorrhage.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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CLIP
1. Compiler Language for Information Processing.
2. Common LISP in Parallel.

CLiP programming, tool
A documentation extractor by Eric W. van Ammers that recognises a particular style of comments. This style can be adjusted to suit virtually any programming language and target documentation language. CLiP was designed to be compatible with hypertext systems.
Version 2.1 runs on MS-DOS, VAX/VMS and Unix
(ftp://sun01.info.wau.nl/clip/).
(1993-11-18)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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CLIP
corticotropin-like intermediate-lobe peptide
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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