Clip Definition

–verb (used with object)

1.	to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears: to clip a rose from a bush.

2.	to trim by cutting: to clip a hedge.

3.	to cut or trim the hair or fleece of; shear: to clip a poodle.

4.	to pare the edge of (a coin). Compare sweat (def. 22).

5.	to cut short; curtail: We clipped our visit by a week to return home earlier.

6.	to pronounce rapidly, with precise articulation and with omission of certain sounds, as of unstressed vowels: an annoying habit of clipping his words.

7.	to shorten (a word or phrase) by dropping one or more syllables 105e .

8.	Informal. to hit with a quick, sharp blow: He clipped him on the jaw with a sudden punch.

9.	Slang. to take or get money from by dishonest means; swindle; rook.

–verb (used without object)

10.	to clip or cut something.

11.	to cut articles or pictures from a newspaper, magazine, etc.

12.	to move swiftly: He clipped along the highway on his motorcycle.

13.	Archaic. to fly rapidly.

–noun

14.	the act of clipping.

15.	anything clipped off, esp. the wool shorn at a single shearing of sheep.

16.	the amount of wool shorn in one season.

17.	clips, (used with a plural verb) an instrument for clipping; shears.

18.	film clip.

19.	Informal. clipping (def. 2).

20.	Informal. a quick, sharp blow: a clip on the jaw.

21.	rate; pace: at a rapid clip.

Art Definition

–noun

1.	the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.

2.	the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.

3.	a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.

4.	the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.

5.	any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.

6.	(in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story?

7.	the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking; the art of selling.

8.	the craft or trade using these principles or methods.

9.	skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation.

10.	a branch of learning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature.

11.	arts, a. (used with a singular verb) the humanities: a college of arts and sciences. b. (used with a plural verb) liberal arts.

12.	skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature.

13.	trickery; cunning: glib and devious art.

14.	studied action; artificiality in behavior.

15.	an artifice or artful device: the innumerable arts and wiles of politics.

16.	Archaic. science, learning, or scholarship.

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