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).
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. to hit with a quick, sharp blow: He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch.
9. to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook.

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. to fly rapidly.

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. an instrument for clipping; shears.
18. film clip.
19. clipping (def. 2).
20. a quick, sharp blow: a clip on the jaw.
21. rate; pace: at a rapid clip.

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. a short length of angle iron connecting and maintaining the angle between two members or surfaces.
7. an embrace.

8. to grip tightly; fasten with or as if with a clip.
9. to encircle; encompass.
10. to block by illegally throwing the body across a player's legs from behind.
11. to embrace or hug.

1. to cut, snip, or trim with or as if with scissors or shears, esp in order to shorten or remove a part
2. to punch (a hole) in something, esp a ticket
3. to curtail or cut short
4. to move a short section from (a film, etc)
5. to shorten (a word)
6. to trot or move rapidly, esp over a long distance
7. to strike with a sharp, often slanting, blow
8. to obtain (money) by deception or cheating
9. to murder; execute
10. clip someone's wings
• to restrict someone's freedom
• to thwart someone's ambition

11. the act or process of clipping
12. something clipped off
13. an extract from a film, newspaper, etc
14. a sharp, often slanting, blow
15. speed
16. the total quantity of wool shorn, as in one place, season, etc
17. another word for clipped form

1. any of various small implements used to hold loose articles together or to attach one article to another
2. an article of jewellery that can be clipped onto a dress, hat, etc
3. short for paperclip, cartridge clip
4. the pointed flange on a horseshoe that secures it to the front part of the hoof

5. to hold together tightly, as with a clip
6. to embrace

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