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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clip \Clip\ (kl[i^]p), verb (used without an object) To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.
Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clip \Clip\, noun
1. An embrace. --Sir P. Sidney.
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. --Knight.
6. (Far.) 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}. --Youatt.
7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U. S.]
8. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
9. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
10. A rapid gait. ''A three-minute clip.'' --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clip \Clip\ (kl[i^]p), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Clipped} (kl[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clipping}.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, kl[=y]pa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clip
noun
1: a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun [syn: {cartridge holder}, {cartridge clip}, {magazine}]
2: an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" [syn: {time}]
3: any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
4: an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
5: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: {clipping}, {snip}]
6: a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
verb
1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: {nip}, {nip off}, {snip}, {snip off}]
2: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: {trot}, {jog}]
3: attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" [ant: {unclip}]
4: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: {snip}, {crop}, {trim}, {lop}, {dress}, {prune}, {cut back}]
5: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" [syn: {curtail}, {cut short}] [also: {clipping}, {clipped}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
338 Moby Thesaurus words for "clip": abbreviate, abridge, abscind, abstract, adhere to, amputate, annihilate, articulate, attach, ball the jack, ban, bang, bar, barrel, bash, bat, batten, batten down, bear, beating, belt, biff, bilk, bit, bite, bleed, bleed white, blow, bob, boil down, bolt, bonk, boom, bosom, bowl along, box, breeze, breeze along, broach, brush, buckle, butt, button, capsulize, career, cheat, cherish, chip, chop, chunk, clap, clasp, cleat, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling, cling to, clipping, clobber, clout, clump, clutch, coldcock, collop, compress, condense, contract, crack, crop, crumb, cuff, cull, curtail, cut, cut along, cut away, cut back, cut down, cut off, cut off short, cut out, cut short, cutting, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, diminish, dint, dock, dollop, dovetail, drub, drubbing, drumming, elide, eliminate, embosom, embrace, end, enfold, entertain, enucleate, epitomize, eradicate, except, excerpt, excise, exclude, exploit, extinguish, extirpate, extract, fasten, fastener, fetch, fetch a blow, fix, fleece, fleet, flit, fly, fly low, fondle, foot, foreshorten, foster, fragment, freeze to, fusillade, gait, go fast, gob, gobbet, gouge, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hang on, hang on to, harbor, hasp, have, have and hold, highball, hinge, hit, hit a clip, hitch, hold, hold fast, hold on, hold on to, hold tight, hold up, hook, hug, hunk, interval, isolate, jab, jam, joint, keep, keep hold of, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock off, knock out, latch, let have it, lick, lock, lop, lower, lump, make knots, mark down, miter, modicum, moiety, morsel, mortise, mow, mutilate, nail, never let go, nip, nurse, nurture, outstrip the wind, overcharge, overprice, overtax, pace, pare, paring, part, particle, paste, peel, peg, pelt, pick out, piece, pin, plunk, poke, poll, pollard, portion, pound, pour it on, press, profiteer, progress, prune, punch, rabbet, rap, rasher, rate, reap, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, rip, rivet, rook, root out, rule out, scarf, scoop, scorch, scrap, screw, section, segment, set apart, set aside, sew, shard, shave, shaving, shear, shiver, shorten, shred, sizzle, skewer, skim, skin, skive, slam, slash, slice, sliver, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, smithereen, snack, snap, snatch, snip, snippet, snub, soak, sock, speed, splinter, squeeze, stamp out, staple, step, stick, stick to, sting, stitch, storm along, stride, strike, strike at, strike off, strip, strip off, stroke, stump, stunt, sum up, summarize, surcharge, swat, sweep, swindle, swing, swipe, synopsize, tack, take in, take off, take out, tatter, tattoo, tear, tear along, telescope, thump, thunder along, thwack, toggle, travel, tread, treasure, treasure up, trim, truncate, victimize, wallop, wedge, whack, wham, whisk, whiz, whop, wipe out, yerk, zing, zip, zipper, zoom
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
CLiP A documentation extractor by Eric W. van Ammers that recognises a particular style of {comments}. This style can be adjusted to suit virtually any programming language and target documentation language. CLiP was designed to be compatible with {hypertext} systems. Version 2.1 runs on {MS-DOS}, {VAX}/{VMS} and {Unix} {(ftp://sun01.info.wau.nl/clip/)}. (1993-11-18)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
CLIP
1. {Compiler Language for Information Processing}. 2. {Common LISP in Parallel}.
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