Clip — Defs

01 v. t. To embrace, hence; to encompass.

imp. & p. p. Clipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping

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.

02 v. i. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.

1.
To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.
“Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind.” — Dryden.

03 n. An embrace.

1.
An embrace.
2.
A cutting; a shearing.
3.
The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
4.
A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
5.
An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
6.
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.(Far.) Also: toe clip, beak
7.
A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.[Colloq. U. S.]
8.
A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.(Mach.)
9.
A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.(Angling) [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
10.
A rapid gait.