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VERB:
clipped, clip·ping, clips
VERB:
tr.
  1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears: clip coupons; clipped three seconds off the record.
  2. To make shorter by cutting; trim: clip a hedge.
  3. To cut off the edge of: clip a coin.
  4. To cut short; curtail.
    1. To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.
    2. To enunciate with clarity and precision: clip one's words.
  6. Informal To hit with a sharp blow: clipped me under the eye.
  7. Football To block (an opponent) illegally from the rear.
  8. Slang To cheat, swindle, or rob.
VERB:
intr.
  1. To cut something.
  2. Informal To move rapidly.
NOUN:
  1. The act of clipping.
  2. Something clipped off, especially:
    1. The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.
    2. A season's shearing.
  3. A short extract from a film or videotape.
  4. Informal A quick sharp blow: a clip on the ear.
  5. Football An illegal block from the rear.
  6. Informal A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.
  7. A single occasion; a time: could write nine pages at a clip.
  8. clips A pair of shears or clippers.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa


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