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clip·ping

   [klip-ing]
noun
1.
the act of a person or thing that clips.
2.
a piece clipped off or out, especially an article, advertisement, etc., clipped from a newspaper or magazine.
3.
clipped form.
adjective
4.
serving or tending to clip.
5.
Informal. swift: a clipping pace.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English. See clip1, -ing2, -ing1

Related forms
clip·ping·ly, adverb
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clip

1   [klip] verb, clipped, clipped or clipt, clip·ping, noun
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.
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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.
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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, especially 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.
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19.
Informal. clipping (def. 2).
20.
Informal. a quick, sharp blow: a clip on the jaw.
21.
rate; pace: at a rapid clip.
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Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English clippen < Old Norse 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.
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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.
COLLAPSE
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:
before 900; Middle English clippen, Old English clyppan to embrace, surround; cognate with Old Frisian kleppa
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World English Dictionary
clipping (ˈklɪpɪŋ)
 
—n
1.  something cut out or trimmed off, esp an article from a newspaper; cutting
2.  the distortion of an audio or visual signal in which the tops of peaks with a high amplitude are cut off, caused by, for example, overloading of amplifier circuits
 
—adj
3.  informal (prenominal) fast: a clipping pace

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Word Origin & History

clip
"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.
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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.

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Slang Dictionary

clip definition


  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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