clip : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clip	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for clip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clip n a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun Synonym(s): cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip, magazine an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" Synonym(s): time, clip any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress the act of clipping or snipping Synonym(s): clip, clipping, snip a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear" v sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" Synonym(s): nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off run at a moderately swift pace Synonym(s): trot, jog, clip attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" Antonym(s): unclip cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" Synonym(s): snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back 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" Synonym(s): clip, curtail, cut short
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clip \Clip\, n. 1. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc. 2. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] 3. A rapid gait. [bd]A three-minute clip.[b8] --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clip \Clip\ (kl[icr]p), v. i. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it. Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clip \Clip\, n. 1. An embrace. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. A cutting; a shearing. 3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool. 4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc. 5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. --Knight. 6. (Far.) 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}. --Youatt. 7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clip \Clip\ (kl[icr]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clipped} (kl[icr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clipping}.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, kl[df]pa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.] 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. --Shak. 2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. Sentenced to have his ears clipped. --Macaulay. 3. To curtail; to cut short. All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. --Shak. In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. --Swift.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CLIP 1. {Compiler Language for Information Processing}. 2. {Common LISP in Parallel}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CLiP A documentation extractor by Eric W. van Ammers that recognises a particular style of {comments}. This style can be adjusted to suit virtually any programming language and target documentation language. CLiP was designed to be compatible with {hypertext} systems. Version 2.1 runs on {MS-DOS}, {VAX}/{VMS} and {Unix} {(ftp://sun01.info.wau.nl/clip/)}. (1993-11-18)