Clip

English Meaning

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears: clip coupons; clipped three seconds off the record.
2. To make shorter by cutting; trim: clip a hedge.
3. To cut off the edge of: clip a coin.
4. To cut short; curtail.
5. To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.
6. To enunciate with clarity and precision: clip one's words.
7. Informal To hit with a sharp blow: clipped me under the eye.
8. Football To block (an opponent) illegally from the rear.
9. Sports To hit or kick (the ball) in a certain direction.
10. Slang To cheat, swindle, or rob.
11. To cut something.
12. Informal To move rapidly.
13. The act of clipping.
14. Something clipped off, especially:
15. The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.
16. A season's shearing.
17. A short extract from a film or videotape.
18. Informal A quick sharp blow: a clip on the ear.
19. Football An illegal block from the rear.
20. Informal A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.
21. A single occasion; a time: could write nine pages at a clip.
22. A pair of shears or clippers.
23. Any of various devices for gripping or holding things together; a clasp or fastener.
24. A piece of jewelry that fastens with a clasp or clip; a brooch.
25. A cartridge clip.
26. To fasten with or as if with a clip; hold tightly.
27. Archaic To embrace or encompass.