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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: clip n 1: a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun [syn: {cartridge holder}, {cartridge clip}, {clip}, {magazine}] 2: 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}] 3: any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together 4: an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress 5: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: {clip}, {clipping}, {snip}] 6: a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear" v 1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: {nip}, {nip off}, {clip}, {snip}, {snip off}] 2: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: {trot}, {jog}, {clip}] 3: attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" [ant: {unclip}] 4: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: {snip}, {clip}, {crop}, {trim}, {lop}, {dress}, {prune}, {cut back}] 5: 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}]