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• verb (clipped, clipping) 1 cut, trim, or cut out with shears or scissors. 2 trim the hair or wool of (an animal). 3 strike smartly or with a glancing blow. • noun 1 an act of clipping. 2 a short sequence taken from a film or broadcast. 3 informal a smart or glancing blow. 4 informal a rapid or specified speed: they went by at a fast clip. — ORIGIN Old Norse.
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