Verb

(clipp)

To grip tightly.

To fasten with a clip.

Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.

(archaic) To hug, embrace.

* Shakespeare

O that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, / Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.

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(slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

Verb

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

She clipped my hair with her scissors.

Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.

* Macaulay

sentenced to have his ears clipped

To curtail; to cut short.

* Shakespeare

All my reports go with the modest truth; / No more nor clipped , but so.

* Jonathan Swift

In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.

(dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.

I'll clip ye round the lugs!

(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.

(signal processing) to cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value

(computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.

Verb

(Clapping)

To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.

The children began to clap in time with the music.

To applaud.

The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.

It isn’t the singers they are clapping ; it's the composer.

To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.

He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.

To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.

He clapped the empty glass down on the table.

She clapped the book shut.

''He clapped across the floor in his boots.

* Marvell

Then like a bird it sits and sings, / And whets and claps its silver wings.

To come together suddenly with noise.

* Dryden

The doors around me clapped .

To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up'' or ''together ).

We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.

''The rival factions clapped up a truce.

To set or put, usually in haste.

The sheriff clapped him in jail.

She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.

* John Locke

He had just time to get in and clap to the door.

* Lamb

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony.

(slang, AAVE) To shoot (somebody) with a gun.