cutlip

n. 1. An embrace. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cutting; a shearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Far.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

9. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

10. A rapid gait. “A three-minute clip.” Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small writing board with a clip attached at the top for holding papers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having a clip as the means of attachment; as, clip-on earrings; a clip-on bow tie. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 point(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coins. [ 1913 Webster ]

The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built with a fast hull and tall sails, rigged for fast sailing, and used in trade where the cargo capacity was less important than the speed; -- called also clipper ship. -- Clip"per-built` a. [1913 Webster]

☞ The name was first borne by “Baltimore clippers” famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States. [1913 Webster]

4. (Electronics) a circuit that limits the amplitude of a waveform.
Syn. -- limiter. [WordNet 1.5]

Yankee Clipper, (a) a clipper ship built in the United States. See clipper{3}. (b) Joe DiMaggio; -- a nickname for the player who was a prominent member of the New York Yankees baseball team in the 1940's. [PJC]

n. 1. a type of shears for cutting grass or shrubbery; as, hedge clippers.
Syn. -- clipper, hedge clippers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a cutting device for cutting hair or finger nails; as, nail clippers.
Syn. -- clipper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]