v. 1 trim (off), lop (off), cut (off), crop, bob, snip The barber clipped my hair short Roger has clipped two seconds off the record. 2 shorten, reduce, abbreviate, diminish, cut (short) The film was clipped by fifteen minutes for television In her rapid-fire way of speaking, she clipped each word. 3 strike, hit, punch, smack, box, cuff, whack, Colloq wallop, clout; Slang sock He was clipped on the jaw and knocked out 4 cheat, swindle, bilk, overcharge, Slang rook They clipped him out of a week's wages She was clipped for a ten per cent 'service fee'.
n. 5 segment, interval, section, part, portion, extract, cutting, excerpt, cutting, bit, snippet, scrap, fragment We were shown a film clip of the cheese-making process 6 blow, cuff, punch, hit, strike, smack, whack, box, Colloq wallop, clout; Slang sock She gave him a clip at the side of the head and he went down 7 pace, rate, speed I was riding along at a good clip when my horse shied and I was thrown off