clip
1 (klĭp)
[Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa.]
verb: clipped, clip·ping, clips.
transitive verb
- To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears: clip coupons; clipped three seconds off the record.
- To make shorter by cutting; trim: clip a hedge.
- To cut off the edge of: clip a coin.
- To cut short; curtail.
- To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.
- To enunciate with clarity and precision: clip one's words.
- Informal To hit with a sharp blow: clipped me under the eye.
- Football To block (an opponent) illegally from the rear.
- Sports To hit or kick (the ball) in a certain direction.
- Slang To cheat, swindle, or rob.
intransitive verb
- To cut something.
- Informal To move rapidly.
noun
- The act of clipping.
- Something clipped off, especially:
- The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.
- A season's shearing.
- A short extract from a film or videotape.
- Informal A quick sharp blow: a clip on the ear.
- Football An illegal block from the rear.
- Informal A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.
- A single occasion; a time: could write nine pages at a clip.
- A pair of shears or clippers.
clip
2 (klĭp)
[Middle English, hook, from clippen, to clasp, embrace, from Old English clyppan.]
noun
- Any of various devices for gripping or holding things together; a clasp or fastener.
- A piece of jewelry that fastens with a clasp or clip; a brooch.
- A cartridge clip.
transitive verb: clipped, clip·ping, clips.
- To fasten with or as if with a clip; hold tightly.
- Archaic To embrace or encompass.
