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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
  • obsolete An embrace.
  • slang An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
  • Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
  • Something which has been clipped; a small portion of a larger whole, especially an excerpt of a larger work.
  • Geordie The condition of something, its state.
  • informal A speed or pace.

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Verb:

  • American football An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
  • archaic To hug, embrace.
  • graphics To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
  • informal To strike with the hand.
  • slang To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
  • To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
  • To fasten with a clip.
  • To grip tightly.

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