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Meaning of clipped

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

clipped

Pronunciation:/klɪpt/

verb

Definitions

  1. To grip tightly.

  2. To fasten with a clip.

    Example: Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.

  3. To hug, embrace.

  4. To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

verb

Definitions

  1. To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

    Example: Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.

  2. To curtail; to cut short.

  3. To strike with the hand.

    Example: I'll clip ye round the lugs!

  4. To hit or strike, especially in passing.

    Example: The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having an end cut off; trimmed or cut back.

  2. (of speech) With each word pronounced separately and distinctly.

  3. Circumcised.