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Definition of clipped



Overview of verb clip

The verb clip has 5 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off

(sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers")

2. trot, jog, clip

(run at a moderately swift pace)

3. clip

(attach with a clip; "clip the papers together")

4. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

(cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden")

5. clip, 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")


Overview of adj clipped

The adj clipped has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. clipped

(cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache"; "clipped hedges"; "close-clipped lawns"; "a clipped poodle")

2. clipped

((of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class accent")