<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>clipped</li><li>clipping</li><li>to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears: to clip a rose from a bush.</li><li>to trim by cutting: to clip a hedge.</li><li>to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear: to clip a poodle.</li><li>to pare the edge of (a coin).</li><li>to cut short; curtail: We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier.</li><li>to pronounce rapidly, with precise articulation and with omission of certain sounds, as of unstressed vowels: an annoying habit of clipping his words.</li><li>to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables.</li><li>Informal: to hit with a quick, sharp blow: He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch.</li><li>Slang: to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>clipped</li><li>clipping</li><li>to clip or cut something.</li><li>to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc.</li><li>to move swiftly: He clipped along the highway on his motorcycle.</li><li>Archaic: to fly rapidly.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of clipping.</li><li>anything clipped off, especially the wool shorn at a single shearing of sheep.</li><li>the amount of wool shorn in one season.</li><li>clips (used with a plural verb): an instrument for clipping; shears.</li><li>film clip.</li><li>Informal: a quick, sharp blow: a clip on the jaw.</li><li>rate; pace: at a rapid clip.</li></ul>