Noah Webster's Dictionary 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.

Multi-Version Concordance Clip (2 Occurrences) Leviticus 19:27 "'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard. (WEB NIV) Jeremiah 9:26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart. (See NAS)