clippedadjective
uk/klɪpt/us/klɪpt/clipped adjective (SPEAKING)
with words pronounced quickly and clearly, sometimes with parts missing, or in a very short and unfriendly way:
I heard the clipped tones of his secretary saying "I have Mr Watson for you."
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- clear l
- consonant
- inflection
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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clipped adjective (TIDY)
cut short and tidy:
a clipped beard/moustache
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Clean & tidy
- (as) clean as a (new) pin idiom
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
- apple pie
- aseptic
- be in apple-pie order idiom
- manicured
- neat
- neatly
- neatness
- ordered
- shipshape
- span
- spick
- spotless
- squeaky-clean
- stainless
- sterile
- straight
- tidy
- trim
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