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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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Earlier this month, Combs shaved six weeks off his sentence after entering a stint in rehab last year after the conviction.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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After more than 10,000 votes, our tournament has been shaved down from 32 con-tenders to just eight, with plenty of shockers along the way.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
23 Mar. 2026
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Williams then flailed his arms behind him and slapped Doncic in the throat.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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Anduril has also signed deals with companies in Japan and South Korea, as well as the government of Taiwan; that last partnership caught the ire of Beijing, which slapped sanctions on both Anduril and Luckey last year.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Cavaliers led by as many as 36 points, but the Heat went on a third-quarter run to cut the deficit to 19 in the final seconds of the period.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Reduce the lot size, cut the square footage, and a house should cost less, supporters said.—
Mark Dee
March 28,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 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
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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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When Zuccarello took a swipe with his stick and smacked McCarron in the leg, the big man responded with a Oscar-worthy acting job, feigning like he had been slashed on the wrist.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
20 Mar. 2026
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Krogstad smacked two doubles and drove in three runs.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Clipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clipped. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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