clipped

clip ¹

 (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.

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[Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa.]

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clip ²

 (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.

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[Middle English, hook, from clippen, to clasp, embrace, from Old English clyppan.]

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clipped

(klɪpt)

adj

(Phonetics & Phonology) (of speech or voice) abrupt and distinct

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clipped

(klɪpt)

adj.

characterized by quick, terse, clear enunciation.

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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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Translations

clipped

[klɪpt] ADJ [accent] → entrecortado; [style] → sucinto; [hair] → corto

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clipped

adj accent → abgehackt; clipped form → Kurzform f

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clipped

[klɪpt] adj in a clipped voice → scandendo bene le sillabe

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