American English pronunciation
How to pronounce clipped
IPA transcription: [k'lɪpt]
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Verb
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run at a moderately swift pace
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sever or remove by pinching or snipping
“nip off the flowers”
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attach with a clip
“clip the papers together”
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cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
“dress the plants in the garden”
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terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
“My speech was cut short”
“Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries”
Adjective
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cut or trimmed by clipping
“a handsome man with a clipped moustache”
“clipped hedges”
“close-clipped lawns”
“a clipped poodle”
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(of speech) having quick short sounds
“a clipped upper-class accent”