1. (v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass.

2. (v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

3. (v. t.) To curtail; to cut short.

4. (v. i.) To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.

5. (n.) An embrace.

6. (n.) A cutting; a shearing.

7. (n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

8. (n.) A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

9. (n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.

10. (n.) 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.

11. (n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.