I. transitive verb (clipped; clipping)
Etymology: Middle English clippen, from Old English clyppan; akin to Old High German klāftra fathom, Lithuanian globti to embrace Date: before 12th century encompass ,
2. to hold in a tight grip ; clutch , to clasp, fasten, or secure with a clip,
II. noun
Date: 15th century
any of various devices that grip, clasp, or hook, a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles, a piece of jewelry held in position by a clip,
III. verb (clipped; clipping)
Etymology: Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1. to cut or cut off with or as if with shears , to cut off the distal or outer part of, c. excise III, to cut items out of (as a newspaper),
2. curtail , diminish , to abbreviate in speech or writing, hit , punch , to illegally block (an opposing player) in football, to take money from unfairly or dishonestly especially by overcharging , intransitive verb to clip something, to travel or pass rapidly, to clip an opposing player in football,
IV. noun
Date: 15th century
1. shears, a 2-bladed instrument for cutting especially the nails, something that is clipped: as, the product of a single shearing (as of sheep), a crop of wool of a sheep, a flock, or a region, a section of filmed, videotaped, or recorded material, a clipping especially from a newspaper, an act of clipping, a sharp blow, rate 4a , a single instance or occasion ; time