Clip meaning
A pace or rate.
Go at a fast clip.
noun
Clip means to cut or cut off, or to fasten.
An example of clip is to trim the hedges.
An example of clip is to pull the hair back with a bow.
verb
The definition of a clip is something that fastens or holds together, or the act of cutting.
An example of a clip is a hair bow.
An example of a clip is a trimming of hair.
noun
To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears.
Clip coupons; clipped three seconds off the record.
verb
To make shorter by cutting; trim.
Clip a hedge.
verb
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To cut off the edge of.
Clip a coin.
verb
To cut short; curtail.
verb
To hit with a sharp blow.
Clipped me under the eye.
verb
To block (an opponent) illegally from the rear.
verb
To hit or kick (the ball) in a certain direction.
verb
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To cheat, swindle, or rob.
verb
To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.
verb
To enunciate with clarity and precision.
Clip one's words.
verb
To cut something.
verb
To move rapidly.
verb
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The act of clipping.
noun
Something clipped off, especially:
- The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.
- A season's shearing.
noun
A short extract from a movie or television program.
noun
A quick sharp blow.
A clip on the ear.
noun
An illegal block from the rear.
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A single occasion; a time.
Could write nine pages at a clip.
noun
A pair of shears or clippers.
noun
Any of various devices for gripping or holding things together; a clasp or fastener.
noun
A piece of jewelry that fastens with a clasp or clip; a brooch.
noun
A cartridge clip.
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To fasten with or as if with a clip; hold tightly.
verb
To embrace or encompass.
verb
To cut or cut off with shears or scissors.
verb
To cut (an item) out of (a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
verb
To cut the hair of.
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To cut off the edge of (coins)
verb
To hit or punch with a quick, sharp blow.
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To cheat or swindle, esp. by overcharging.
verb
To cut short.
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To shorten by omitting syllables, letters, etc.
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To clip something.
verb
To move rapidly.
verb
An act or instance of clipping.
noun
A thing clipped; specif., the amount of wool clipped from sheep at one time or in one season.
noun
A rapid pace.
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A sequence of film, videotape, etc., as a short selection taken from a longer feature or a brief piece inserted in a newscast.
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A quick, sharp blow.
noun
To fasten with a clip or clips.
verb
To hug; embrace closely.
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To block (an opponent who is not carrying the ball) from behind: an illegal act.
verb
Any of various devices that clip or fasten things together, grip or hold something, etc.
noun
An embrace.
noun
An act of clipping.
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To fasten with a clip.
Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.
verb
(slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
verb
Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.
noun
(slang) An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
She reads at a pretty good clip.
noun
To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
She clipped my hair with her scissors.
Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.
verb
(American football) An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
verb
(signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
verb
(computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
verb
Something which has been clipped; a small portion of a larger whole, especially an excerpt of a larger work.
They played a clip of last night's debate.
noun
Origin of clip
Middle English hook from clippen to clasp, embrace from Old English clyppan