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CLIPPED definition: 1. with words pronounced quickly and clearly, sometimes with parts missing, or in a very short and…. Learn more.
n. 1. The act of clipping. 2. Something clipped off, especially: a. The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.
1. : any of various devices that grip, clasp, or hook. 2. : a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles. also : a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm. 3. : something (such as a piece of jewelry) that is worn as an ornament or fastener and that is held in position by a clip.
Use the adjective clipped for things that are cut very short — or for things that sound that way. "A clipped lawn is better for croquet," she announced in clipped tones.
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.
Clipped definition: characterized by quick, terse, and clear enunciation.. See examples of CLIPPED used in a sentence.
Definition of clipped adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
v. [ ~ + object] to cut off or out, as with scissors; to trim or give shape to something: to clip a rose from a bush; to clip a hedge. [ ~ + object] to cut short; curtail: We clipped our visit by a week. [ ~ + object] Informal. to hit with a quick, sharp blow: He clipped me on the jaw.
CLIPPED definition: If someone speaks in a clipped voice, their words sound quick, short, and not friendly.. Learn more.
[transitive, intransitive] to fasten something to something else with a clip; to be fastened with a clip. clip something + adv./prep. He clipped the microphone (on) to his collar. Clip the pages together. + adv./prep. Do those earrings clip on?
