Word Definition

Clip

  1. To embrace, hence; to encompass.
  2. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.
  3. 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.
  4. A cutting; a shearing.
  5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
  6. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
  7. An embrace.
  8. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
  9. To curtail; to cut short.
  10. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
  11. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.