to embrace, hence; to encompass.-to cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.-to curtail; to cut short.-to move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.-an embrace.-a cutting; a shearing.-the product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.-a clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.-an embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.-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.-a blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.