clip Definition

clip¹
verb clipped, clipping

1. To cut (hair, wool, etc).

Thesaurus: cut, shorten, trim, snip, shear, prune, crop, pare.
2. To trim or cut off the hair, wool or fur of (an animal).
3. To punch out a piece from (a ticket) to show that it has been used.
4. To cut (an article, etc) from a newspaper, etc.
5. colloq
To hit or strike someone or something sharply.
Thesaurus: hit, cuff, slap, box, smack, knock, sock.
6. To cut (a small amount) from something.
7. To excerpt a section from (a film,) etc.

noun

1. An act of clipping.
2. A short sequence extracted from a film.
3. colloq
A sharp blow.
Example: a clip round the ear
4. colloq
Speed; rapid speed.
Example: going at a fair clip
(Austral)
(NZ)
5. The total amount of wool shorn from sheep, at one time, place, etc.

Idiom: clip someone's wings

To restrain their ambition, power or scope for activity.

Etymology: 12c: from Norse klippa to cut.

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clip²
noun

1. Any of various devices, usually small ones, for holding things together or in position.

Example: paper clip
2. A container for bullets attached to a gun, that feeds bullets directly into it.

Form: cartridge clip (also)
3. A piece of jewellery in the form of a clip which can be attached to clothing.

verb

clipped, clipping
1. To fasten something with a clip.

Thesaurus: attach, fasten, clamp, bind, staple, pin, fix.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon clyppan to embrace or clasp.