clip

1, v

1. cut off, bob, crop, snip, nip; shear, shave, fleece; trim, pare, prune; shorten, truncate, stunt, check the growth of, pollard.

2. curtail, cut short, reduce, diminish, retrench; shorten, abridge, condense, epitomize, abstract; boil down; cramp, constrict, contract, compress.

3. cut out articles, make clippings, extract, excerpt, quote, cite, cull, glean.

4.Informal. hit, punch, strike, swat, smack. See smack .

5. move swiftly, go rapidly, race, run, speed.

6.Slang. overcharge, cheat, swindle, rook, bilk. See cheat

n

7. clipping, cutting, snipping, bobbing; shearing, fleecing, shaving; cropping, trimming, paring, pruning; stunting, checking, docking, curtailment, retrenchment, truncation; abstraction, reduction, compression, abbreviation, condensation, epitome, contraction, abridgment.

8. piece, snip, snippet, snatch, chip, clip, shaving, sliver, slice, Brit. Dial. collop, paring, cut, cutting; shred, gleaning, scrap, sample, remnant, fragment.

9.Informal. hit, blow, crack, punch, swat, smack. See smack .

10.Informal. pace, rate, speed.

2.n

1. metal clasp, hasp, fastener, hook, buckle, coupler, copula, vise; grip, gripper, snap; clinch, nail.

v

2. fasten together, clamp, hasp, clinch, hold, hook, buckle, couple, grip, vise, press.

3. encircle, encompass, surround, enclose, enfold, circumscribe, envelop.