CLIPPED


Meaning of CLIPPED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ klɪpt ]

1.

Clipped means neatly cut.

...a quiet street of clipped hedges and flowering gardens.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

If you say that someone has a clipped way of speaking, you mean they speak with quick, short sounds, and usually that they sound upper-class.

The Chief Constable’s clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.

ADJ

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