A Quick and Simple Dictionary

clip

1. Verb.  To grip tightly.
2. Verb.  To fasten with a clip.
3. Verb.  (archaic) To hug, embrace.
4. Verb.  (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
5. Noun.  Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
6. Noun.  (slang) An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
7. Noun.  (obsolete) An embrace.
8. Noun.  A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
9. Verb.  To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
10. Verb.  (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
11. 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.
12. Verb.  (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
13. Noun.  Something which has been clipped; a small portion of a larger whole, especially an excerpt of a larger work.
14. Noun.  An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
15. Noun.  (uncountable, informal) A speed or pace.
16. Noun.  (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state.