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clipt

[ klipt ]

/ klɪpt /

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Literary. a past participle of clip¹.

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Words nearby clipt

clippie, clipping, clipshears, clipsheet, clip someone's wings, clipt, clique, cliquey, cliquish, clishmaclaver, clisis

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How to use clipt in a sentence

She passed within the lodge, and threw her arms about his neck, clipt him and kissed him.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)--Continental Europe I|Various
So either kissed and clipt the other, and fair joy was them between.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)--Continental Europe I|Various
Whereat he laughed and clipt my hand, and swore I was a true soldier and a brave gentleman to boot.
The Master of Appleby|Francis Lynde
On our way we passed an old tattered Irishwoman, who was hurrying along, with two large cabbages clipt tight in her withered arms.
Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine|Edwin Waugh

In the house it may be let range at will after the wings are clipt.
The Natural History of Cage Birds|J. M. Bechstein