clip

Definitions of clip in various dictionaries:

noun - a metal frame or container holding cartridges

noun - an instance or single occasion for some event

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 - the act of clipping or snipping

noun - a sharp slanting blow

verb - sever or remove by pinching or snipping

verb - run at a moderately swift pace

verb - attach with a clip

verb - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

verb - terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

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.

To hit with a sharp blow: clipped me under the eye.

To cheat, swindle, or rob.

To cut something.

To move rapidly.

The act of clipping.

The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.

A season’s shearing.

A short extract from a film or videotape.

A quick, sharp blow: a clip on the ear.

A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.

A single occasion; a time: could write nine pages at a clip.

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.

An act of clipping.

To fasten with or as if with a clip; hold tightly.

To block (an opponent who is not carrying the ball) illegally from the rear.

To embrace or encompass.

verb - to trim by cutting