clip /ˈklɪp/
 修剪,夾,回形針,剪下來的東西(vt.)修剪,痛打,夾牢,剪輯(vi.)剪報


 clip
 夾子; 限幅


 clip
 夾子 剪輯


 Clip v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clipped p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping.]
 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass.
 O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about,
 Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.   --Shak.
 2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
    Sentenced to have his ears clipped.   --Macaulay.
 3. To curtail; to cut short.
 All my reports go with the modest truth;
 No more nor clipped, but so.   --Shak.
    In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.   --Swift.


 Clip v. i. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.
    Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind.   --Dryden.


 Clip, n.
 1. An embrace.
 2. A cutting; a shearing.
 3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
 4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
 5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
 6. Far. 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.
 7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U. S.]
 8. Mach. A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.
 9.  Angling A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
 10.  A rapid gait. “A three-minute clip.”

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 clip
      n 1: a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be
           inserted into an automatic gun [syn: cartridge holder,
            cartridge clip, magazine]
      2: an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he
         succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a
         clip" [syn: time]
      3: any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles
         together
      4: an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or
         dress
      5: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clipping, snip]
      6: a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
      v 1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the
           flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, snip, snip off]
      2: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog]
      3: attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" [ant: unclip]
      4: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
         plants in the garden" [syn: snip, crop, trim, lop,
          dress, prune, cut back]
      5: 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" [syn: curtail, {cut
         short]
      [also: clipping, clipped]