1.  clip(n = noun.artifact) cartridge clip, cartridge holder, magazine - a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun;
is a kind of supply chamber
is a part of gun
has particulars: pincurl clip

2.  clip(n = noun.event) time - an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
is a kind of case, example, instance

3.  clip(n = noun.artifact) - any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together;
is a kind of fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast
has particulars: bicycle clip, trouser clip, alligator clip, bulldog clip, hair slide, gem clip, paper clip, paperclip
Derived form verb clip₃

4.  clip(n = noun.artifact) - an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress;
is a kind of jewellery, jewelry

5.  clip(n = noun.act) clipping, snip - the act of clipping or snipping;
is a kind of cut, cutting, cutting off
has particulars: nip, pinch
Derived forms verb clip₄, verb clip₁

6.  clip(n = noun.act) - a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
is a kind of blow

1.  clip(v = verb.contact) nip, nip off, snip, snip off - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
is one way to cut
Derived forms noun clip₅, noun clipper₄, noun clipper₃, noun clipping₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

2.  clip(v = verb.motion) jog, trot - run at a moderately swift pace;
is one way to run
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

3.  clip(v = verb.contact) - attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"
is one way to attach
Antonym: unclip
Derived form noun clip₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something PP

4.  clip(v = verb.contact) crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
is one way to thin out
Derived forms noun clip₅, noun clipper₃, noun clipping₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

5.  clip(v = verb.change) curtail, cut short - terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
is one way to shorten
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

1.  To embrace, hence; to encompass. [1913 Webster]
"O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about,
Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself." [1913 Webster]

2.  To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. [1913 Webster]
"Sentenced to have his ears clipped." [1913 Webster]

3.  To curtail; to cut short. [1913 Webster]
"All my reports go with the modest truth;
No more nor clipped, but so." [1913 Webster]
"In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs." [1913 Webster]

   To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it. [1913 Webster]
"Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind." [1913 Webster]

1.  An embrace. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

2.  A cutting; a shearing. [1913 Webster]

3.  The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool. [1913 Webster]

4.  A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc. [1913 Webster]

5.  An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. Knight. [1913 Webster]

6.  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. Youatt. [1913 Webster]

7.  A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [1913 Webster]

8.  A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

9.  A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

10.  A rapid gait. Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

clip, n. & v.
--n.
1 a device for holding things together or for attachment to an object as a marker, esp. a paper-clip or a device worked by a spring.
2 a piece of jewellery fastened by a clip.
3 a set of attached cartridges for a firearm.
--v.tr. (clipped, clipping)
1 fix with a clip.
2 grip tightly.
3 surround closely.

Idiom:
clip-on attached by a clip.

clip, v. & n.
--v.tr. (clipped, clipping)
1 cut with shears or scissors, esp. cut short or trim (hair, wool, etc.).
2 trim or remove the hair or wool of (a person or animal).
3 colloq. hit smartly.
4 a omit (a letter etc.) from a word. b omit letters or syllables of (words pronounced).
5 Brit. remove a small piece of (a ticket) to show that it has been used.
6 cut (an extract) from a newspaper etc.
7 sl. swindle, rob.
8 pare the edge of (a coin).
--n.
1 an act of clipping, esp. shearing or hair-cutting.
2 colloq. a smart blow, esp. with the hand.
3 a short sequence from a motion picture.
4 the quantity of wool clipped from a sheep, flock, etc.
5 colloq. speed, esp. rapid.

Idiom:
clip-joint sl. a club etc. charging exorbitant prices. clip a person's wings prevent a person from pursuing ambitions or acting effectively.

Derivative:
clippable adj.

Etymology:
ME f. ON klippa, prob. imit.

VB  be short, render short, shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce, compress, epitomize, retrench, cut short, obtruncate, scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew, cut down, pare down, clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop, snub, truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of, foreshorten (in drawing).

N  motion, movement, move, going, unrest, stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir, evolution, kinematics, telekinesis, step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity, clip, progress, locomotion, journey, voyage, transit, restlessness, mobility, movableness, motive power, laws of motion, mobilization, moving, in motion, transitional, motory, motive, shifting, movable, mobile, mercurial, unquiet, restless, nomadic, erratic, under way, on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march, eppur si muove, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.

N  impulse, sudden thought, impromptu, improvisation, inspiration, flash, spurt, improvisatore, creature of impulse, extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate, snap, improvised, improvisate, improvisatory, unpremeditated, unmeditated, improvise, unprompted, unguided, natural, unguarded, spontaneous, instinctive, extempore, extemporaneously, offhand, impromptu, a limproviste, improviso, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, impulse, impulsion, impetus, momentum, push, pulsion, thrust, shove, jog, jolt, brunt, booming, boost, throw, explosion, propulsion, percussion, concussion, collision, occursion, clash, encounter, cannon, carambole, appulse, shock, crash, bump, impact, elan, charge, beating, blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab, fillip, slam, bang, hit, whack, thwack, cuff, squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration, ruade, arietation, cut, thrust, lunge, yerk, carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe, hammer, sledge hammer, mall, maul, mallet, flail, ram, rammer, battering ram, monkey, pile-driving engine, punch, bat, cant hook, cudgel, ax, dynamics, seismometer, accelerometer, earthquake detector, impelling, impulsive, impellent, booming, dynamic, dynamical, impelled, a hit, a very palpable hit.

alligator clip, bicycle clip, bulldog clip, cartridge clip, clip art, clip artist, clip joint, clip lead, film clip, gem clip, paper clip, pincurl clip, roach clip, tie clip, trouser clip