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clipped

American  
[klipt] / klɪpt /

adjective

  1. characterized by quick, terse, and clear enunciation.

clipped British  
/ klɪpt /

adjective

  1. (of speech or voice) abrupt and distinct

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Etymology

Origin of clipped

clip 1 + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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Men with clipped accents told listeners the news from on high; there was certainly little back and forth between presenter and listener.

From BBC

They clipped 13 seconds of him tearing into a Whopper, sauce and a grin splayed across his face, and posted it.

From The Wall Street Journal

In due course he clipped the wire and the jolt put him down.

From Literature

He clipped and pulled, drove and cut, with shots from the oldest textbook.

From BBC

The recent oil price spike, which has added around $10 a barrel to WTI crude over the past month, has also clipped around 10 percentage points from the odds of a June Fed rate cut.

From Barron's

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