From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Clip \Clip\ (kl[i^]p), v. t. [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.
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O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee
about,
Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.
--Shak.
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2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the
hair; to clip coin.
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Sentenced to have his ears clipped. --Macaulay.
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3. To curtail; to cut short.
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All my reports go with the modest truth;
No more nor clipped, but so. --Shak.
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In London they clip their words after one manner
about the court, another in the city, and a third in
the suburbs. --Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
clipped \clipped\ adj.
1. trimmed with clippers; as, a clipped hedge.
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2. (music) staccato; -- contrasted with {legato}.
Syn: short.
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3. effectively concise.
Syn: brief, crisp, curt, laconic, short, terse, to the
point(predicate).
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clipped
adj 1: cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a
clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped
lawns"; "a clipped poodle"
2: (of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class
accent"
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