Clip (klĭp), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clipped (klĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Clipping.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, klȳpa 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.