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To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears: clip coupons; clipped three seconds off the record.
(verb-transitive)
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To make shorter by cutting; trim: clip a hedge.
(verb-transitive)
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To cut off the edge of: clip a coin.
(verb-transitive)
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To cut short; curtail.
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To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.