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Clip   /klɪp/   Listen
noun
Clip  n.  
1.
An embrace.
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.
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.
7.
A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. (Colloq. U. S.)
8.
(Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.
9.
(Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. (Scot. & Prov. Eng.)
10.
A rapid gait. "A three-minute clip."


verb
Clip  v. t.  (past & past part. clipped; pres. part. clipping)  
1.
To embrace, hence; to encompass. "O... that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself."
2.
To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. "Sentenced to have his ears clipped."
3.
To curtail; to cut short. "All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so." "In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs."


Clip  v. i.  To move swiftly; usually with indefinite it. "Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind."





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"Clip" Quotes from Famous Books



... effect to the nearly hopeless resolution thus taken at the meeting in London, it was determined to clip the estate by selling L200,000 worth of land. Of this, nearly one-half was to be taken by your uncle Lyttelton and myself, in the proportion of about two parts for me and one for him. Neither of us had the power to buy this, but my father enabled me, and Lord Spencer took over his portion. ...
— The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) - 1809-1859 • John Morley
... put on his hat, and strode out through the reception room and into the corridor. Charles Blackwell came scuttling along behind. Brent ignored the elevators and went through a door marked Stairway and started down at a fast clip. Charles Blackwell ...
— Ten From Infinity • Paul W. Fairman
... Mr. Allan had discovered that his adopted son was a rhymster, he had rebuked him severely for such idle waste of time, and in a vain attempt to clip the wings of Pegasus, threatened him with punishment if he should hear of such folly again. Mrs. Allan, on the contrary, though she was not a bookish woman, had protested against her husband's command—urging that Edgar ...
— The Dreamer - A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe • Mary Newton Stanard
... exclaimed Babe, as soon as she could control her laughter, "that rock didn't tetch ole Blue. He's sech a make-believe, I'm a great mind to hit him a clip jest to show you how he ...
— Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches • Joel Chandler Harris
... way of expressing it made my blood congeal. It was unthinkable to imagine Patsy Dale in the hands of the Indians. I urged my horse to a sharper clip, but Cousin ...
— A Virginia Scout • Hugh Pendexter


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