Meaning Of Clip

v. t.

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

v. t.

To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

v. t.

To curtail; to cut short.

v. i.

To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.

n.

An embrace.

n.

A cutting; a shearing.

n.

The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

n.

A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

n.

An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.

n.

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.

n.

A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.