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   clip

   /klɪp/

   verb

   • 1. cut short or trim (hair, vegetation, etc.) with shears or scissors: "I was clipping the hedge" Similar trimcutcut short/shortersnippruneshortencropshearshavepareloppollardmowneatenshapetidy upeven up
   • ▪ trim or remove the hair or wool of (an animal): "we explain how to clip your horse"
   • ▪ cut off a thing or part of a thing with shears or scissors: "Philip clipped off another piece of wire"
   • ▪ cut (a section) from a newspaper or periodical: "a photograph clipped from a magazine" Similar removecut outsnip outdetachextracttear out
   • ▪ illicitly pare the edge of (a coin): "they clipped the edges of gold coins and melted the clippings down"
   • ▪ remove a small piece of (a bus or train ticket) to show that it has been used. British
   • ▪ 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 smartly or with a glancing blow: British "the car clipped the kerb" Similar hitstrikemake contact withtouchbrushgrazeglance offtaprun intobang intocrack into/againsthitstrikecuffsmackslapthumppunchknockrapbox someone's earsinformal:cloutwhackwallopbeltclobberbopbiffsockskelp
   • 3. swindle or rob: informal North American "in all the years he ran the place, he was clipped only three times"
   • 4. move quickly: 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 film or broadcast: "clips from earlier shows" Similar extractexcerptsnippetselectioncuttingfragmentscenemomenttrailer
   • 3. a smart or glancing blow: informal British "I'd give him a clip round the ear" Similar smackcuffslapthumppunchboxknockrapinformal:cloutwhackwallopbeltclobberingbopbiffsock
   • 4. a specified speed or rate of movement, especially when rapid: informal "we crossed the dance floor at an amazingly 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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   A clip keeps loose things attached to each other, but when you clip something, you cut small pieces off of it. Think of when you clip your dog's toenails or clip the dangling ends off the blanket you're knitting.