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3 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clipping \Clip"ping\, n. 1. The act of embracing. [Obs.] 2. The act of cutting off curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins. clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money. --Locke. 3. That which is clipped off or out of something a piece separated by clipping; as newspaper clippings. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clipping n 1: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" [syn: {newspaper clipping}, {press clipping}, {cutting}, {press cutting}] 2: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: {trim}, {trimming}] 3: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: {clip}, {snip}]
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