Synonyms of clipped

clipped

verb

past tense of clip

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaved
• cut
• trimmed
• snipped
• cropped
• sheared
• pruned
• mowed
• bobbed
• pared
• docked
• nipped
• cut back
• polled
• lopped (off)
• whittled
• manicured
• pinched
• shortened
• curtailed
• skived
• stumped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extended
• elongated
• lengthened

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slapped
• knocked
• punched
• smacked
• hit
• slammed
• banged
• struck
• whacked
• clapped
• pounded
• swiped
• cracked
• batted
• pasted
• kicked
• nailed
• boxed
• chopped
• shoved
• tapped
• thumped
• flicked
• pushed
• bashed
• hammered
• bobbed
• swatted
• rapped
• licked
• jabbed
• poked
• clocked
• tagged
• zapped
• thwacked
• clobbered
• belted
• socked
• bopped
• bumped
• stabbed
• slugged
• bludgeoned
• clouted
• busted
• smote
• walloped
• biffed
• whaled
• stroked
• mangled
• slogged
• bonked
• stamped
• battered
• lashed
• mauled
• peppered
• cuffed
• pummeled
• hung one on
• slashed
• buffeted
• laced
• scuffed
• bunged
• whipped
• roughed
• beat
• dumped
• butted
• jostled
• lambasted
• pelted
• decked
• prodded
• speared
• switched
• drubbed
• creamed
• felled
• bunted
• pommeled
• clubbed
• leveled
• kneed
• floored
• thrashed
• flailed
• knocked down
• caned
• flogged
• sapped
• bowled (down or over)
• cudgeled
• conked
• sledged
• sucker punched
• beaned
• sledgehammered
• brained
• skulled
• rabbit-punched

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clipped

The 21-year-old Dvorsky had his open shot at the net when goalie Jake Oettinger fell down after getting clipped by teammate Roope Hintz. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

That's one reason medical pulse oximeters are clipped onto patients' fingers. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

These hairs, including a lock clipped at his deathbed, were in a packet provided by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, and had not previously been available for analysis. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

There had to be some pulling of the face up, and it would be clipped into the hair, like with a rubber band that kept it in place, and above that would be the form of the actual hole in the face, the scar. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

Riggs clipped the outside wall in the closing laps and finished 19th. — Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

And a review showed the fastball clipped the top of the strike zone. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

The puck, connected by an optical tether, handles compute, battery and storage and can be slipped into (or clipped onto) a pocket or bag. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

His short-form video content and public appearances produced a plethora of footage that could easily be clipped, repurposed and remixed, into preexisting memes and trending audios. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026