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clippable

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1  [klip] verb, clipped, clipped or clipt, clip⋅ping, noun
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–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
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Slang Dictionary
clip

  1. tv.
    to cheat someone. (See also clipped; clip joint.) : That guy in there clipped me for a fiver.
  2. tv.
    to kill someone. : Frank and John had set out to clip Rocko first.
  3. n.
    a holder for a marijuana cigarette butt. (Drugs. See also roach clip.) : My clip's at home in my stash.
  4. n.
    a music video; a short film. : This next clip is something you'll all recognize.
  5. n.
    a fast rate of speed. : You were moving at a pretty good clip when you ran into the truck.
  6. tv.
    to sock someone. : Max clipped Lefty on the jaw, and Lefty drew his gun.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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Financial Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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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