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clip

/klɪp/ noun C2
  1. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole (countable, uncountable)
  2. The product of a single shearing of sheep. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A season's crop of wool. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video. (countable, uncountable) · The morning news today played a clip of last night's debate.· The 100th episode of Seinfeld consisted of clips from previous episodes.
  5. A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio). (countable, uncountable)
  6. A newspaper clipping. (countable, uncountable)
  7. An act of clipping, such as a haircut. (countable, uncountable) · I went into the salon to get a clip.
  8. The condition of something, its state. (uncountable) · Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!

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Marilla made no reply, but she hit the unlucky sorrel such a vicious clip with the whip that the fat mare, unused to such treatment, whizzed indignantly down the lane at an alarming pace.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 46 · C1

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