"clipped" in the verb sense
1. nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
sever or remove by pinching or snipping
"nip off the flowers"
2. trot, jog, clip
run at a moderately swift pace
3. clip
attach with a clip
"clip the papers together"
4. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"
5. clip, curtail, cut short
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"
"clipped" in the adjective sense
1. clipped
cut or trimmed by clipping
"a handsome man with a clipped moustache"
"clipped hedges"
"close-clipped lawns"
"a clipped poodle"
2. clipped
of speech) having quick short sounds
"a clipped upper-class accent"
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