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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clipped adj 1: having an end or small portion cut off "birds with clipped wings cannot fly" [ant: {unclipped}] 2: (of animals) having ears or tail cut short; "doberman pinschers with docked tails and ears" [syn: {docked}] 3: cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle" 4: (of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class accent"
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