what is a clip?
<answer> To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears. <context> clip 1. (klĭp) v. clipped, clip·ping, clips. v.tr. 1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears: clip coupons; clipped three seconds off the record. 2. To make shorter by cutting; trim: clip a hedge.