[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears:to clip a rose from a bush.", "to trim by cutting:to clip a hedge.", "to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear :to clip a poodle.", "to pare the edge of (a coin).Compare sweat(def22) sweat(def22).", "to cut short; curtail :We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier.", "to pronounce rapidly, with precise articulation and with omission of certain sounds, as of unstressed vowels:an annoying habit of clipping his words.", "to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables.", "Informal.to hit with a quick, sharp blow:He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch.", "Slang.to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to clip or cut something.", "to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc.", "to move swiftly:He clipped along the highway on his motorcycle.", "Archaic.to fly rapidly."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of clipping.", "anything clipped off, especially the wool shorn at a single shearing of sheep.", "the amount of wool shorn in one season.", "clips,(used with a plural verb)an instrument for clipping; shears.", "film clip film clip.", "Informal. clipping(def2) clipping(def2).", "Informal.a quick, sharp blow:a clip on the jaw.", "rate ; pace :at a rapid clip."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a device that grips and holds tightly.", "a metal or plastic clasp for holding together papers, letters, etc.", "cartridge clip(def) cartridge clip(def).", "an article of jewelry or other decoration clipped onto clothing, shoes, hats, etc.", "a flange on the upper surface of a horseshoe.", "Also called lug .Shipbuilding.a short length of angle iron connecting and maintaining the angle between two members or surfaces.", "Archaic.an embrace."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with or without object)", "List Items": ["to grip tightly; fasten with or as if with a clip.", "to encircle ; encompass .", "Football.to block by illegally throwing the body across a player's legs from behind.", "Archaic.to embrace or hug."]}]