v. t. | 1. | To embrace, hence; to encompass. |
2. | To cut off; as with shears or scissors; | |
3. | To curtail; to cut short. | |
v. i. | 1. | To move swiftly; - usually with indefinite it. |
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 | |
7. | A blow or stroke with the hand; | |
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. | |
10. | A rapid gait. |
Noun | 1. | clip - a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun |
2. | clip - an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" Synonyms: time | |
3. | clip - any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together | |
4. | clip - an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress | |
5. | clip - the act of clipping or snipping | |
6. | clip - a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear" | |
Verb | 1. | clip - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" |
2. | clip - run at a moderately swift pace | |
3. | clip - attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" Antonyms: unclip - remove the clip from | |
4. | clip - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" | |
5. | clip - 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" |
1. | CLIP - Compiler Language for Information Processing. | ||
2. | CLIP - Common LISP in Parallel. | ||
3. | (programming, tool) | CLiP - A documentation extractor by Eric W. van
Ammers that recognises a particular style of comments. This
style can be adjusted to suit virtually any programming
language and target documentation language. CLiP was designed
to be compatible with hypertext systems. Version 2.1 runs on MS-DOS, VAX/VMS and Unix ftp://sun01.info.wau.nl/clip/. |