Definition 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.