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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLIP, v.t.
1. To cut off with shears or scissors; to separate by a sudden stroke; especially to cut off the ends or sides of a thing, to make it shorter or narrower, in distinction from shaving and paring, which are performed by rubbing the instrument close to the thing shaved; as, to clip the hair; to clip wings.
But love had clipped his wings and cut him short.
2. To diminish coin by paring the edge.
3. To curtail; to cut short.
4. To confine, limit, restrain, or hold; to hug.
To clip it, is a vulgar phrase in New England for to run with speed. So cut issued; cut on, run fast. This seems to be the meaning in Dryden.
Some falcon stoops at what her eye designed,
And with her eagerness the quarry missed,
Straight flies at check, and clips it down the wind.
This sense would seem to be allied to that of leap.
CLIP, n.
1. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.
2. An embrace; that is, a throwing the arms round.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun [syn: cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip, magazine]
2: an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" [syn: time, clip]
3: any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
4: an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
5: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clip, clipping, snip]
6: a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear" v
1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off]
2: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog, clip]
3: attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" [ant: unclip]
4: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back]
5: 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" [syn: clip, curtail, cut short]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (clipped; clipping) Etymology: Middle English clippen, from Old English clyppan; akin to Old High German kl?ftra fathom, Lithuanian globti to embrace Date: before 12th century 1. encompass 2. a. to hold in a tight grip ; clutch b. to clasp, fasten, or secure with a clip II. noun Date: 15th century 1. any of various devices that grip, clasp, or hook 2. a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles; also a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm 3. a piece of jewelry held in position by a clip III. verb (clipped; clipping) Etymology: Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to cut or cut off with or as if with shears <clip a dog's hair> <clip an hour off traveling time> b. to cut off the distal or outer part of c. (1) excise III (2) to cut items out of (as a newspaper) 2. a. curtail, diminish b. to abbreviate in speech or writing 3. hit, punch; especially to strike in passing <the car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost> 4. to illegally block (an opposing player) in football 5. to take money from unfairly or dishonestly especially by overcharging <the nightclub clipped the tourist for $200> intransitive verb 1. to clip something 2. to travel or pass rapidly 3. to clip an opposing player in football IV. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. plural, Scottish shears b. a 2-bladed instrument for cutting especially the nails 2. something that is clipped: as a. the product of a single shearing (as of sheep) b. a crop of wool of a sheep, a flock, or a region c. a section of filmed, videotaped, or recorded material d. a clipping especially from a newspaper 3. an act of clipping 4. a sharp blow 5. rate 4a <continues at a brisk clip> 6. a single instance or occasion ; time <he charged $10 a clip> — often used in the phrase at a clip <trained 1000 workers at a clip>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a device for holding things together or for attachment to an object as a marker, esp. a paper-clip or a device worked by a spring. 2 a piece of jewellery fastened by a clip. 3 a set of attached cartridges for a firearm. --v.tr. (clipped, clipping) 1 fix with a clip. 2 grip tightly. 3 surround closely. Phrases and idioms: clip-on attached by a clip. Etymology: OE clyppan embrace f. WG 2. v. & n. --v.tr. (clipped, clipping) 1 cut with shears or scissors, esp. cut short or trim (hair, wool, etc.). 2 trim or remove the hair or wool of (a person or animal). 3 colloq. hit smartly. 4 a omit (a letter etc.) from a word. b omit letters or syllables of (words pronounced). 5 Brit. remove a small piece of (a ticket) to show that it has been used. 6 cut (an extract) from a newspaper etc. 7 sl. swindle, rob. 8 pare the edge of (a coin). --n. 1 an act of clipping, esp. shearing or hair-cutting. 2 colloq. a smart blow, esp. with the hand. 3 a short sequence from a motion picture. 4 the quantity of wool clipped from a sheep, flock, etc. 5 colloq. speed, esp. rapid. Phrases and idioms: clip-joint sl. a club etc. charging exorbitant prices. clip a person's wings prevent a person from pursuing ambitions or acting effectively. Derivatives: clippable adj. Etymology: ME f. ON klippa, prob. imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clip Clip, n. 1. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc. 2. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 3. A rapid gait. ``A three-minute clip.'' --Kipling.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clip Clip (kl[i^]p), v. i. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it. Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clip 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.) 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.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clip Clip (kl[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clipped (kl[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, kl[=y]pa 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(clips, clipping, clipped) 1. A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together. She took the clip out of her hair. N-COUNT 2. When you clip things together or when things clip together, you fasten them together using a clip or clips. He clipped his safety belt to a fitting on the deck... He clipped his cufflinks neatly in place. ...an electronic pen which clips to the casing... His flashlight was still clipped to his belt. VERB: V n to/on n, V n prep/adv, V to n, V-ed 3. A clip from a film or a radio or television programme is a short piece of it that is broadcast separately. ...a clip from the movie 'Shane'. N-COUNT: oft n N, N from/of n 4. If you clip something, you cut small pieces from it, especially in order to shape it. I saw an old man out clipping his hedge... VERB: V n 5. If you clip something out of a newspaper or magazine, you cut it out. Kids in his neighborhood clipped his picture from the newspaper and carried it around. VERB: V n from/out of n 6. If something clips something else, it hits it accidentally at an angle before moving off in a different direction. The lorry clipped the rear of a tanker and then crashed into a second truck. VERB: V n 7. see also clipping, clipped, bulldog clip, paper clip

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Cut. 2. Prune, trim, pare, curtail, cut short. II. n. 1. Shearing, cutting. 2. Quantity sheared (as of wool), season's shearing. 3. (Colloq.) Blow (with the hand), rap, knock, lick, whack, thwack, thump. 4. Spring-clasp, spring-holder, letter-clip.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness.

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