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as in shaved
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
a mother who's sad to see her little boy's curls clipped for the first time
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as in slapped
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
the pitch clipped the batter's helmet with enough force to knock it clean off his head
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Recent Examples of clipped
Rowland, however, clipped a Columbus Aviators’ player in the back and flags flew just before Badger crossed the goal line.
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Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
His Land Rover clipped another vehicle and went over.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
The call was overturned as Helsley’s pitch, which turned from ball four to strike three, just clipped the edge of the zone, and Shelton emerged from the Twins’ dugout irate.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026
Kodai Sano clipped the bar before the break, and the pressure eventually told when Ito got the breakthrough.
—ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
His Land Rover clipped another vehicle and went over.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
According to law enforcement officials, Woods, 50, was driving a dark Land Rover and clipped the truck.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Woods allegedly clipped the trailer, flipping the Land Rover.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Gomez parted her hair in the center and pulled the lengths up, twisted them, and clipped her hair with a medium-sized sheer white claw clip and wrapping some of the lengths over the top of the clip.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 Mar. 2026
Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
His Land Rover clipped another vehicle and went over.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
The call was overturned as Helsley’s pitch, which turned from ball four to strike three, just clipped the edge of the zone, and Shelton emerged from the Twins’ dugout irate.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026
Kodai Sano clipped the bar before the break, and the pressure eventually told when Ito got the breakthrough.
—ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
His Land Rover clipped another vehicle and went over.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
According to law enforcement officials, Woods, 50, was driving a dark Land Rover and clipped the truck.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Woods allegedly clipped the trailer, flipping the Land Rover.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Gomez parted her hair in the center and pulled the lengths up, twisted them, and clipped her hair with a medium-sized sheer white claw clip and wrapping some of the lengths over the top of the clip.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clipped
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Resurfacing and Sculpting treatment shaved years off of my skin’s appearance (and all of its New York City congestion) in a matter of 60 minutes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Due to severely matted fur, much of his coat had to be shaved.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Delhi skipper Axar Patel got the breakthrough when Sharma slapped him to cover and Nitish Rana took a tough chance above his head in the 10th over.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Andrej, wearing a backward Final Four cap, slapped his dad’s hand, went in for a hug and listened as his dad said a few words, both breaking into big smiles.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Medical experts say if a rattlesnake bites, keep the area still, at or below heart level, do not apply ice, do not cut the wound, and do not suck out the venom – and seek help immediately.—
Jasmine Viel,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Aztecs were within nine points late in the first half against Michigan and had a 3 rattle out that would have cut it to six before getting their doors blown off 94-54, their most lopsided defeat of the 21st century.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Video and witness statements, police said, revealed that Hussain was assaulted in the building’s lobby, struck and knocked to the ground before being forced toward his apartment.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Then in 1998, Buttered Popcorn knocked it from the top spot.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Some of the imagery seen by Ferreira’s character is genuine content culled from online, carefully trimmed.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Just like that, what had been a 23-point halftime lead was trimmed to 13 entering the fourth.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Rockets are a team that lost its starting point guard (Fred VanVleet) at the start of the year while the Knicks brought back and built upon the exact same core that punched the franchise’s first ticket to the conference finals in the last quarter-century.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Manning allegedly punched and kicked Hartman in the face and torso, scratched her, choked her and grabbed her by the hair and slammed her against the floor and wall.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Sugar libel was snipped from both bills.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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Typically snipped slightly blunt and subtly disconnected from heavy face-framing layers, crescent bangs read clean (sometimes fringey) and editorial.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Rockies leadoff hitter Eric Young, in the team's first plate appearance at Mile High Stadium, smacked a home run to the seats in left-center field on April 9, 1993.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The pair also didn’t spare the spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, who was smacked for 25 runs by Sharma in one over during the power play as Hyderabad cruised to 84 in the sixth over.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Clipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clipped. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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