clip

noun

piece of jewellery, similar in appearance to a brooch, but attached to a garment with a spring fastening
used to hold ammunition for firearms
act of cutting (off/out)/clipping/shearing

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verb

to cut, cut off, or cut out
hit very slightly on the edge
to fasten (as with a paperclip)

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /klɪp/ / [kʰl̥ɪp]

noun

Etymology: From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”).

Something which has been clipped from a larger whole
“Early [teddy] bears were made of the clip of angora goats.”
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
“The morning news today played a clip of last night's debate.”
“The 100th episode of Seinfeld consisted of clips from previous episodes.”
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
“I went into the salon to get a clip.”
The condition of something, its state.
“Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!”
A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
“Give him a clip round the ear!”
“Oh sure, I got the odd clip under the ear.”

verb

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
“She clipped my hair with her scissors.”
“Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.”
To curtail; to cut short.
“All my reports go with the modest truth; / No more nor clipped, but so.”
“Not only the ſeveral Towns and Countries^([sic – meaning Counties]) of England, have a different way of pronouncing, but even here in London they clip their Words after one Manner about the Court, another in the City, and a third in the Suburbs; and in a few Years, it is probable, will all differ from themſelves, as Fancy or Faſhion ſhall direct: All which, reduced to Writing, would entirely confound Orthography.”
To strike with the hand.
“I’ll clip ye round the lugs!”
To hit or strike, especially in passing.
“The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.”
To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
“The WFM display above shows a very contrasty picture with clipped whites and blacks.”
To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
“The camera keeps clipping that ceiling.”
“Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns.”
To assassinate; to bump off.
“It was after they tried to clip me at the cafe.”
To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
to grab or take stealthily.
To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
“I clipped the moment they beat the world record live on stream.”
To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.