Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clipped"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clip \Clip\ (kl[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clipped} (kl[i^]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Clipping}.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to
embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs,
shears, Icel, kl[=y]pa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to
cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clipped
adj 1: having an end or small portion cut off; "birds with clipped
wings cannot fly" [ant: {unclipped}]
2: (of animals) having ears or tail cut short; "doberman
pinschers with docked tails and ears" [syn: {docked}]
3: cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped
moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a
clipped poodle"
4: (of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped
upper-class accent"
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