[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clip \clip\ kli^p, v. t. imp.  p. p. clipped kli^pt;
   p. pr.  vb. n. clipping. oe. cluppen, clippen, to
   embrace, as. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. ohg. kluft tongs,
   shears, icel, kl=ypa to pinch, squeeze, also oe. clippen to
   cut, shear, dan. klippe to clip, cut, sw.  icel. klippa.
   1. to embrace, hence; to encompass.
      1913 webster

            o . . . that neptune's arms, who clippeth thee
            about,
            would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the
      hair; to clip coin.
      1913 webster

            sentenced to have his ears clipped.   --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. to curtail; to cut short.
      1913 webster

            all my reports go with the modest truth;
            no more nor clipped, but so.          --shak.
      1913 webster

            in london they clip their words after one manner
            about the court, another in the city, and a third in
            the suburbs.                          --swift.
      1913 webster
see also:
clipped clipping 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clipped \clipped\ adj.
   1. trimmed with clippers; as, a clipped hedge.
      wordnet 1.5

   2. music staccato; -- contrasted with legato.

   syn: short.
        wordnet 1.5

   3. effectively concise.

   syn: brief, crisp, curt, laconic, short, terse, to the
        pointpredicate.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
legato 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

clipped
     see clip
see also:
clip 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
cartridge holder cartridge clip magazine time clipping snip 
nip nip off snip off trot jog 
unclip crop trim lop dress 
prune cut back curtail cut short clipped 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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"
see also:
unclipped docked 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

58 moby thesaurus words for "clipped":
   spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, aposiopestic, bobbed,
   brief, brusque, capsule, capsulized, close, compact, compendious,
   compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, cropped, curt,
   curtailed, cut, cut short, digested, docked, elided, elliptic,
   epigrammatic, gnomic, laconic, mowed, mown, nipped, pithy, pointed,
   pollard, polled, pruned, reaped, reserved, sententious, shaved,
   sheared, short, short and sweet, short-cut, shortened, snub,
   snubbed, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn, terse, tight,
   to the point, trimmed, truncated

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