'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
The act of clipping or snipping [syn: clip, clipping, snip]
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
Run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog, clip]
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
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]

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

Words containing 'Clip'