'Clip' definitions:
Definition of 'clip'
From: WordNet
noun
A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun [syn: cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip, magazine]
noun
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]
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
noun
A sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
verb
Sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off]
verb
verb
Attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" [ant: unclip]
verb
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back]
verb
Definition of 'Clip'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. [1913 Webster]
- Sentenced to have his ears clipped. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To curtail; to cut short. [1913 Webster]
- All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Clip'
From: GCIDE
- Clip \Clip\ (kl[i^]p), v. i. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it. [1913 Webster]
- Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Clip'
From: GCIDE
- Clip \Clip\, n.
- 1. An embrace. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A cutting; a shearing. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 9. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 10. A rapid gait. "A three-minute clip." --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'clip'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abscind,
- abstract,
- adhere to,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- articulate,
- attach,
- ball the jack,
- ban,
- bang,
- bar,
- barrel,
- bash,
- bat,
- batten,
- batten down,
- bear,
- beating,
- belt,
- biff,
- bilk,
- bit,
- bite,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- blow,
- bob,
- boil down,
- bolt,
- bonk,
- boom,
- bosom,
- bowl along,
- box,
- breeze,
- breeze along,
- broach,
- brush,
- buckle,
- butt,
- button,
- capsulize,
- career,
- cheat,
- cherish,
- chip,
- chop,
- chunk,
- clap,
- clasp,
- cleat,
- cleave to,
- clench,
- clinch,
- cling,
- cling to,
- clipping,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- clutch,
- coldcock,
- collop,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- crack,
- crop,
- crumb,
- cuff,
- cull,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut along,
- cut away,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut off short,
- cut out,
- cut short,
- cutting,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- dig,
- diminish,
- dint,
- dock,
- dollop,
- dovetail,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- embosom,
- embrace,
- end,
- enfold,
- entertain,
- enucleate,
- epitomize,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excerpt,
- excise,
- exclude,
- exploit,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- extract,
- fasten,
- fastener,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- fix,
- fleece,
- fleet,
- flit,
- fly,
- fly low,
- fondle,
- foot,
- foreshorten,
- foster,
- fragment,
- freeze to,
- fusillade,
- gait,
- go fast,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- gouge,
- grapple,
- grasp,
- grip,
- gripe,
- hang on,
- hang on to,
- harbor,
- hasp,
- have,
- have and hold,
- highball,
- hinge,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- hitch,
- hold,
- hold fast,
- hold on,
- hold on to,
- hold tight,
- hold up,
- hook,
- hug,
- hunk,
- interval,
- isolate,
- jab,
- jam,
- joint,
- keep,
- keep hold of,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- latch,
- let have it,
- lick,
- lock,
- lop,
- lower,
- lump,
- make knots,
- mark down,
- miter,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- morsel,
- mortise,
- mow,
- mutilate,
- nail,
- never let go,
- nip,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- outstrip the wind,
- overcharge,
- overprice,
- overtax,
- pace,
- pare,
- paring,
- part,
- particle,
- paste,
- peel,
- peg,
- pelt,
- pick out,
- piece,
- pin,
- plunk,
- poke,
- poll,
- pollard,
- portion,
- pound,
- pour it on,
- press,
- profiteer,
- progress,
- prune,
- punch,
- rabbet,
- rap,
- rasher,
- rate,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- rip,
- rivet,
- rook,
- root out,
- rule out,
- scarf,
- scoop,
- scorch,
- scrap,
- screw,
- section,
- segment,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- sew,
- shard,
- shave,
- shaving,
- shear,
- shiver,
- shorten,
- shred,
- sizzle,
- skewer,
- skim,
- skin,
- skive,
- slam,
- slash,
- slice,
- sliver,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snap,
- snatch,
- snip,
- snippet,
- snub,
- soak,
- sock,
- speed,
- splinter,
- squeeze,
- stamp out,
- staple,
- step,
- stick,
- stick to,
- sting,
- stitch,
- storm along,
- stride,
- strike,
- strike at,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- stroke,
- stump,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- surcharge,
- swat,
- sweep,
- swindle,
- swing,
- swipe,
- synopsize,
- tack,
- take in,
- take off,
- take out,
- tatter,
- tattoo,
- tear,
- tear along,
- telescope,
- thump,
- thunder along,
- thwack,
- toggle,
- travel,
- tread,
- treasure,
- treasure up,
- trim,
- truncate,
- victimize,
- wallop,
- wedge,
- whack,
- wham,
- whisk,
- whiz,
- whop,
- wipe out,
- yerk,
- zing,
- zip,
- zipper,
- zoom