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noun
Clip  n.  
1.
An embrace.
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.
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.
7.
A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. (Colloq. U. S.)
8.
(Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.
9.
(Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. (Scot. & Prov. Eng.)
10.
A rapid gait. "A three-minute clip."


verb
Clip  v. t.  (past & past part. clipped; pres. part. clipping)  
1.
To embrace, hence; to encompass. "O... that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself."
2.
To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. "Sentenced to have his ears clipped."
3.
To curtail; to cut short. "All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so." "In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs."


Clip  v. i.  To move swiftly; usually with indefinite it. "Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind."





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"Clip" Quotes from Famous Books



... freeing himself from any untoward suspicion—to speak on his own behalf: "Let them bring a comb here and curry this beard of mine, and if they get anything out of it that offends against cleanliness, let them clip me to the skin." And when the Duchess had acknowledged her faith in Sancho and his virtues, the poor squire's happiness knew no bounds. He offered to serve her for the rest of his life. He wished that he might soon be dubbed a knight that he might carry out ...
— The Story of Don Quixote • Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
... used to. I don't know," he added, looking round the table in a shamefaced way, "that I wouldn't feel more homely myself if I was put away with my old .450 Express and the fowlin'-piece, the shorter one with the rubbered stock, and a clip or two of cartridges—just a fool's fancy, of course, but there it is. How does it strike you, ...
— The Poison Belt • Arthur Conan Doyle
... and picked up Croisset's rifle. The Frenchman watched him as he slipped a clip full of cartridges into ...
— The Danger Trail • James Oliver Curwood
... whipping past, going at a pretty good clip. Apparently, then, it did not mean to get quite low enough to let them clutch any trailing rope, and endeavor to effect the rescue of the aeronaut. Fritz did make an upward leap, and try to lay hold of the only rope that came anywhere near them; but missed ...
— Boy Scouts on a Long Hike - Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps • Archibald Lee Fletcher
... a delightful air of drowsiness, as if she had stretched herself out for an afternoon nap, with her head towards her old mother, Salem, and her whole length reclining towards the sea, till she felt at her feet, through her green robes, the clip of the deep water at the Farms. All her elder children recognized in her quiet steady-going ways a maternal unity and strength of character, as of a town that understood her own plans, and had settled down to peaceful, permanent habits. Her spirit was that of most of our Massachusetts coast-towns. ...
— A New England Girlhood • Lucy Larcom


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