Unscramble clipped

Definition of clipped

adjective:

• cut or trimmed by clipping; "a handsome man with a clipped moustache", "clipped hedges", "close-clipped lawns", "a clipped poodle".
• (of speech) having quick short sounds; "a clipped upper-class accent".

verb:

• sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers". Synonyms: clip, nip, nip off, snip, snip off.
• run at a moderately swift pace. Synonyms: clip, jog, trot.
• attach with a clip; "clip the papers together". Synonyms: clip. Antonyms: unclip.
• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden". Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim.
• terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short", "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries". Synonyms: clip, curtail, cut short.

Related words

disbud, pinch, poll, pollard, shear, top.

Words nearby

clipper, lipped.

Rhymes with

conscript, crypt, dipped, encrypt, encrypt, equipped, lipped, nondescript, script, stripped, tipped.