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[klipt] /klɪpt/

adjective
1.
characterized by quick, terse, and clear enunciation.
[klip] /klɪp/
verb (used with object), clipped, clipped or clipt, clipping.
1.
to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears:
to clip a rose from a bush.
2.
to trim by cutting:
to clip a hedge.
3.
to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear:
to clip a poodle.
4.
to pare the edge of (a coin).
Compare (def 22).
5.
to cut short; curtail:
We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier.
6.
to pronounce rapidly, with precise articulation and with omission of certain sounds, as of unstressed vowels:
an annoying habit of clipping his words.
7.
to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables.
8.
Informal. to hit with a quick, sharp blow:
He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch.
9.
Slang. to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook.
verb (used without object), clipped, clipped or clipt, clipping.
10.
to clip or cut something.
11.
to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc.
12.
to move swiftly:
He clipped along the highway on his motorcycle.
13.
Archaic. to fly rapidly.
noun
14.
the act of clipping.
15.
anything clipped off, especially the wool shorn at a single shearing of sheep.
16.
the amount of wool shorn in one season.
17.
clips, (used with a plural verb) an instrument for clipping; shears.
18.
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19.
Informal. (def 2).
20.
Informal. a quick, sharp blow:
a clip on the jaw.
21.
rate; pace:
at a rapid clip.
[klip] /klɪp/
noun
1.
a device that grips and holds tightly.
2.
a metal or plastic clasp for holding together papers, letters, etc.
3.
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4.
an article of jewelry or other decoration clipped onto clothing, shoes, hats, etc.
5.
a flange on the upper surface of a horseshoe.
6.
Also called lug. Shipbuilding. a short length of angle iron connecting and maintaining the angle between two members or surfaces.
7.
Archaic. an embrace.
verb (used with or without object), clipped, clipping.
8.
to grip tightly; fasten with or as if with a clip.
9.
to encircle; encompass.
10.
Football. to block by illegally throwing the body across a player’s legs from behind.
11.
Archaic. to embrace or hug.
/klɪpt/
adjective
1.
(of speech or voice) abrupt and distinct
/klɪp/
verb (mainly transitive) clips, clipping, clipped
1.
(also intransitive) to cut, snip, or trim with or as if with scissors or shears, esp in order to shorten or remove a part
2.
(Brit) to punch (a hole) in something, esp a ticket
3.
to curtail or cut short
4.
to move a short section from (a film, etc)
5.
to shorten (a word)
6.
(intransitive) to trot or move rapidly, esp over a long distance: a horse clipping along the road
7.
(informal) to strike with a sharp, often slanting, blow
8.
(slang) to obtain (money) by deception or cheating
9.
(US, slang) to murder; execute
10.
clip someone’s wings

noun
11.
the act or process of clipping
12.
something clipped off
13.
an extract from a film, newspaper, etc
14.
(informal) a sharp, often slanting, blow
15.
(informal) speed: a rapid clip
16.
(Austral & NZ) the total quantity of wool shorn, as in one place, season, etc
17.
another word for clipped form
/klɪp/
noun
1.
any of various small implements used to hold loose articles together or to attach one article to another
2.
an article of jewellery that can be clipped onto a dress, hat, etc
3.
short for paperclip, cartridge clip
4.
the pointed flange on a horseshoe that secures it to the front part of the hoof
verb (transitive) clips, clipping, clipped
5.
to hold together tightly, as with a clip
6.
(archaic or dialect) to embrace
v.

“to cut or sever with a sharp instrument,” c.1200, from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse klippa, Swedish klippa, Danish klippe “clip, shear, cut”) probably echoic. Related: Clipped; clipping.

Meaning “to pronounce short” is from 1520s. The verb has a long association with shady activities, originally especially in reference to cutting or shaving metal from coins (c.1400), but later extended to swindles from the sense “to shear sheep,” hence clip-joint “place that overcharges outrageously” (1933, American English, a term from Prohibition). To clip (someone’s) wings figuratively (1590s) is from the method of preventing a captive bird from flying.

“fasten, hold together by pressure,” also (mostly archaic) “to embrace,” from Old English clyppan “to embrace, clasp; surround; prize, honor, cherish;” related to Old Frisian kleppa “to embrace, love,” Old High German klaftra, German klafter “fathom” (on notion of outstretched arms). Also cf. Lithuanian glebys “armful,” globiu “to embrace, support.” Meaning “to fasten, bind” is early 14c. Meaning “to fasten with clips” is from 1902. Related: Clipped; clipping. Original sense of the verb is preserved in U.S. football clipping penalty.
n.

“something for attaching or holding,” mid-14c., probably from clip (v.2). Meaning “receptacle containing several cartridges for a repeating firearm” is from 1901. Meaning “piece of jewelry fastened by a clip” is from 1937. This is also the source of paper clip (1854). Old English had clypp “an embrace.”

mid-15c., “shears,” from clip (v.1). Meaning “act of clipping” is from 1825, originally of sheep-shearing, later of haircuts. Meaning “rate of speed” is 1867 (cf. clipper). Meaning “an extract from a movie” is from 1958.

clip (klĭp)
n.
A fastener used in surgery to hold skin or other tissue in position or to control hemorrhage.

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