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   clip

   /klɪp/

   verb

   • 1. cut short or trim (hair, vegetation, etc.) with shears or scissors: "I was clipping the hedge" Similar trimcutcut short/shortersnippruneshortencropshearshavepareloppollardmowneatenshapetidy upeven up
   • ▪ trim or remove the hair or wool of (an animal): "we explain how to clip your horse"
   • ▪ cut off a thing or part of a thing with shears or scissors: "Philip clipped off another piece of wire"
   • ▪ cut (a section) from a newspaper or periodical: "a photograph clipped from a magazine" Similar removecut outsnip outdetachextracttear out
   • ▪ illicitly pare the edge of (a coin): "they clipped the edges of gold coins and melted the clippings down"
   • ▪ remove a small piece of (a bus or train ticket) to show that it has been used. British
   • ▪ process (an image) so as to remove the parts outside a certain area: "once the video image is captured, it can be panned, clipped, and zoomed"
   • ▪ truncate the amplitude of (a signal) above or below predetermined levels: "once the amplifier has boosted the signal it is clipped to provide a digital pulse"
   • 2. strike smartly or with a glancing blow: British "the car clipped the kerb" Similar hitstrikemake contact withtouchbrushgrazeglance offtaprun intobang intocrack into/againsthitstrikecuffsmackslapthumppunchknockrapbox someone's earsinformal:cloutwhackwallopbeltclobberbopbiffsockskelp
   • 3. swindle or rob: informal North American "in all the years he ran the place, he was clipped only three times"
   • 4. move quickly: informal US "we clip down the track"

   noun

   • 1. an act of clipping or trimming something: "I gave him a full clip" Similar cuttrimcrophaircutshorteningshearshearingpruning
   • ▪ the quantity of wool clipped from a sheep or flock: "a local agent will arrange for the clip to be sold at auction"
   • 2. a short sequence taken from a film or broadcast: "clips from earlier shows" Similar extractexcerptsnippetselectioncuttingfragmentscenemomenttrailer
   • 3. a smart or glancing blow: informal British "I'd give him a clip round the ear" Similar smackcuffslapthumppunchboxknockrapinformal:cloutwhackwallopbeltclobberingbopbiffsock
   • 4. a specified speed or rate of movement, especially when rapid: informal "we crossed the dance floor at an amazingly fast clip" Similar speedratepacevelocitytempomomentuminformal:lickfair old rate

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse klippa, probably imitative.

   Derivatives

   • 1. clippable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word clip as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and etymology. Find out how to clip hair, wool, nails, or time, and what kinds of clips are devices or ornaments.

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   Clip definition: to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears. See examples of CLIP used in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning of clip as a noun and a verb in English, with examples of usage and translations. Find out how to use clip to refer to a fastener, a film fragment, a hit, or a cut.

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   Use the noun clip to talk about a fastener that holds things together, like a paper clip or a hair clip. A clip keeps loose things attached to each other, but when you clip something, you cut small pieces off of it.