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verb: to exctinguish a cigarrette in such a way as to make it relightable.

noun: a partially smoked cigarrette saved for later

cigs are so expensive these days that i clip mine when i have to put 'em out, and finish 'em later.

by minghi May 7, 2003

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term describing a conditon that occurs in amplifiers and mixing equipment were a signal is put through the equipment that is beyond what that equipment can handle. This results in a chopping off or "clipping" of the signal done to a manageable level, which off causes the loss of some part of the signal. Keeping a signal at a level of clipping for more than a few minutes will kick a amplifier into "protect" mode until it cools off.

Musician to sound man "Keep my guitar turned up pretty good, but don't let it clip, That's what it did last night and it sounded like crap"

by BTC January 16, 2006

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To hit or graze an object while in motion, usually at high speed.

That fighter jet flew so low it clipped the tree line with one of its wings.

We were taking heavy fire from down the street and a bullet clipped me in the shoulder.

Jimmy clipped the curb while he was parking his car.

by Tronno November 12, 2004

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What dumbasses and gangbangers call a magazine.

"Shit dawg, how many bullets you fit in that clip?"
"You're a dumbass."

by Rifleman July 24, 2006

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Verb.

To kill/hit.

"If that fucker doesn't shut the hell up about Kat, I'll fucking clip 'im, I swear."

by frank carter May 14, 2005

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to steal, to boost, to have something taken from you and not realize it until some time has passed

When I fell asleep, she clipped $100 out of my wallet.

I turned my back and realized my ipod had been clipped from my backpack.

Shirley clipped $50 out of my grandma's purse when she went to answer the door. When she discovered it was missing grandma frisked her and found she had stuffed it into her bra.

by edv9500 July 13, 2005

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When referring to firearms, it is something that is often confused with magazines despite being used to LOAD magazines, which are then loaded into a firearm. Clips are particularly useful for loading firearms that have internal magazines.

Jerry loaded a magazine using a clip and then loaded said magazine into his handgun.

by Iron_Wind March 26, 2019