CLIP

clip

(noun) a sharp slanting blow; “he gave me a clip on the ear”

clip, clipping, snip

(noun) the act of clipping or snipping

clip

(noun) any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

clip

(noun) an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress

time, clip

(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; “this time he succeeded”; “he called four times”; “he could do ten at a clip”

clip, curtail, cut short

(verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; “My speech was cut short”; “Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries”

snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; “dress the plants in the garden”

clip

(verb) attach with a clip; “clip the papers together”

nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off

(verb) sever or remove by pinching or snipping; “nip off the flowers”

trot, jog, clip

(verb) run at a moderately swift pace

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipped)

To grip tightly.

To fasten with a clip.

(archaic) To hug, embrace.

(slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

Noun

clip (plural clips)

Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.

An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.

(obsolete) An embrace.

A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.

A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.

(fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

Etymology 2

Verb

clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipped or clipt)

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

To curtail; to cut short.

(dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.

To hit or strike, especially in passing.

(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.

(signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.

(computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.

(computer graphics, ambitransitive) (Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).

(computer graphics, ergative) To move the camera, a character model, or another object (through or into a rendered object or barrier).

To cheat, swindle, or fleece.

to grab or take stealthily

Noun

clip (countable and uncountable, plural clips)

Something which has been clipped from a larger whole

The product of a single shearing of sheep.

A season's crop of wool.

A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video

A newspaper clipping.

An act of clipping, such as a haircut.

(uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.

(informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Clip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clipped (; p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping.] Etym: [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, klypa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.]

1. To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak.

2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. Sentenced to have his ears clipped. Macaulay.

3. To curtail; to cut short. All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. Shak. In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. Swift.

Clip, v. i.

Definition: To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it. Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. Dryden.

Clip, n.

1. An embrace. Sir P. Sidney.

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. Knight.

6. (Far.)

Definition: 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. Youatt.

7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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