Clip word meaning and definition

[noun] a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
[noun] the act of clipping or snipping
[noun] a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
[noun] any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
[noun] an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
[noun] an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
[verb] terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
[verb] cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of"dress the plants in the garden"
[verb] attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"
[verb] sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
[verb] run at a moderately swift pace

\Clip\ (kl[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clipped} (kl[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clipping}.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, kl[=y]pa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.] 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. --Shak. 2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. Sentenced to have his ears clipped. --Macaulay. 3. To curtail; to cut short. All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. --Shak. In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. --Swift.
\Clip\ (kl[i^]p), v. i. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it. Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. --Dryden.
\Clip\, n. 1. An embrace. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. A cutting; a shearing. 3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool. 4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc. 5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. --Knight. 6. (Far.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also {toe clip} and {beak}. --Youatt. 7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U. S.]
\Clip\, n. 1. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc. 2. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 3. A rapid gait. ``A three-minute clip.'' --Kipling.

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