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clipped
clip 1 C0410700 (klĭp)v. clipped, clip·ping, clips v.tr.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. a. To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.b. To enunciate with clarity and precision: clip one's words.6. Informal To hit with a sharp blow: clipped me under the eye.7. Football To block (an opponent) illegally from the rear.8. Sports To hit or kick (the ball) in a certain direction.9. Slang To cheat, swindle, or rob.v.intr.1. To cut something.2. Informal To move rapidly.n.1. The act of clipping.2. Something clipped off, especially:a. The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.b. A season's shearing.3. A short extract from a movie or television program.4. Informal A quick sharp blow: a clip on the ear.5. Football An illegal block from the rear.6. Informal A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.7. A single occasion; a time: could write nine pages at a clip.8. clips A pair of shears or clippers.
[Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa.]
clip 2 C0410700 (klĭp)n.1. Any of various devices for gripping or holding things together; a clasp or fastener.2. A piece of jewelry that fastens with a clasp or clip, such as an earring or a brooch.3. A cartridge clip.tr.v. clipped, clip·ping, clips 1. To fasten with or as if with a clip; hold tightly.2. Archaic To embrace or encompass.
[Middle English, hook, from clippen, to clasp, embrace, from Old English clyppan.]clipped (klɪpt) adj (Phonetics & Phonology) (of speech or voice) abrupt and distinctclipped (klɪpt)
adj. characterized by quick, terse, clear enunciation. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | clipped - cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle"trimmed, cut - made neat and tidy by trimming; "his neatly trimmed hair" | | 2. | clipped - (of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class accent"short - primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months" |
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clipped1. Swindled or deceived. I refuse to get clipped at that club again—it charges an exorbitant cover.2. Arrested or apprehended. if they catch you defacing the park benches, you'll be clipped for sure.3. Circumcised. Really? He wasn't clipped as a baby?See also: clipclipped1. mod. cheated. You weren’t clipped by me. I just made a mistake. 2. mod. arrested. Frank got clipped as he got out of his car. 3. mod. circumcised. Fred couldn’t imagine what not being clipped would be like. See also: clipEncyclopediaSeeCLIPFinancialSeeclipclipped
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