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Definition of clip : 1. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.
2. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
3. A cutting; a shearing.
4. A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
5. A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.
6. 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.
7. A rapid gait.
8. An embrace.
9. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
10. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
11. To curtail; to cut short.
12. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
13. To embrace, hence; to encompass.
14. To move swiftly; - usually with indefinite it.

Synonyms:

powder magazine, slog, whop, prison term, tog, set, spank, discerp, press clipping, strike, line up, fit out, cut off, apparel, skin, cartridge holder, coiffure, break off, ramble on, swat, rationalise, clock time, raiment, preen, wallop, bash, clipping, do, powder store, jog, bust, garb, sentence, cartridge, snip off, cut down, trim down, magazine, cartridge clip, smack, nip off, slam, attack, dress out, pop, slug, curry, dress up, trot, nick, fleece, biff, primp, clothe, browse, pinch, sever, box, soak, clout, even up, fourth dimension, get dressed, cut back, cultivate, increase, bring down, restrict, slash, cuff, twitch, wham, rip off, plume, ramble, trim back, decorate, range, conk, smash, meter, garnish, punch, slap, magazine publisher, groom, press cutting, snipping, sock, curb, time, whack, honest, arrange, smite, cut short, garment, overcharge, gouge, flash back, dress, hit, newspaper clipping, squeeze, cutting, break short, thwack, coiffe, trimming, pasture, metre, coif, bop, work, knock, tweet, mag, rationalize, habilitate, scalp, graze, twinge, enclothe, spat, snippet, buffet, square up

hasp, cotter, brace, knitting, stay, anchor, bracket, nail, glue, hinge, spike, vinculum, lace, hitch, snap, tie, link, belt, paste, grapnel, hook, cinch, medium, coupling, stitch, fastening, middleman, guy, cleat, fuse, rivet, staple, thread, suture, clasp, connector, string, band, agent, chain, buckle, weld, seal, pin, catch, braid, lock, clamp, twine, hawser, rabbet, binding, ligament, clinch, mediator, brad, cincture, fastener, latch, bonding, splice, zipper, closure, binder, bolt, skewer, tack, strap, knot, mucilage, bond, vise, button, go-between, cement

deflate, bob, compact, abbreviate, compress, dwindle, decrease, pare, contract, decrement, nip, diminish, lighten, erode, prune, concentrate, truncate, minimize, trim, reduce, downgrade, taper, lessen, shrink, condense, shorten, deplete, abridge, weed, shave

discharge, reject, crop, disgorge, snip, blacklist, vomit, cut, eject, eliminate, shed, disclaim, abandon, seep, excrete, deep-six, jettison, chop, check, erupt, curtail, junk, blackball, exhaust, scrap, exclude, discard, shear, cull, exude, oppugn, ejaculate, belch, drain, evacuate, secrete, deny, excise, jilt, vent, disallow, trash, disapprove, bar, lop, emit, spew

belittle, lower

depreciate, discount, delete, deduct, dock, subtract, elide

Usage examples:

• " From being a seemingly harmless group whose emblem was originally a brass paper clip fastened in the coat lapel it has developed by rapid strides. - "The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society", Upton Sinclair.
• We can now move the clip on the B- batteries so as to bring the current in this circuit back to its original value. - "Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son", John Mills.
• I considered it not much of a clip, and thought that in three days at the most I would be back with my company. - "A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry", Julian Wisner Hinkley.