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   clip

   /klip/

   verb

   • 1. cut short or trim (hair, wool, nails, or vegetation) with shears or scissors: "clipping the hedge" Similar trimcutcut short/shortersnippruneshortencropshearshavepareloppollardmowneatenshapetidy upeven up
   • ▪ trim or remove the hair or wool of (an animal): "how to clip your horse"
   • ▪ cut off a thing or part of a thing with shears or scissors: "he clipped off a piece of wire"
   • ▪ cut (a section) from a newspaper or magazine: "a photograph clipped from a magazine" Similar removecut outsnip outdetachextracttear out
   • ▪ pare the edge of (a coin), especially illicitly: "they clipped the edges of gold coins and melted the clippings down"
   • ▪ 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 briskly or with a glancing blow: British "the steamroller clipped some parked cars" Similar hitstrikemake contact withtouchbrushgrazeglance offtaprun intobang intocrack into/againsthitstrikecuffsmackslapthumppunchknockrapbox someone's earsinformal:cloutwhackwallopbeltclobberbopbiffsockskelp
   • 3. swindle or rob (someone): informal North American "in all the years he ran the place, he was clipped only three times"
   • 4. move quickly in a specified direction: 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 movie or broadcast: "clips from earlier shows" Similar extractexcerptsnippetselectioncuttingfragmentscenemomenttrailer
   • 3. a quick or glancing blow: informal British "you need a clip on the jaw" Similar smackcuffslapthumppunchboxknockrapinformal:cloutwhackwallopbeltclobberingbopbiffsock
   • 4. a specified speed or rate of movement, especially when rapid: informal "we crossed the dance floor at a 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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   Clip definition: to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears. See examples of CLIP used in a sentence.

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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.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishCLIP | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of clip as a noun and a verb in English, with examples of usage and translations. Clip can refer to a fastener, a film fragment, or a hit.