Video vs. Clip

Television, television show, movie.

A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).

Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.

(dated) VHS.

(Britain) To record using a video camera, to videotape

(Britain) To record a television program

the visible part of a television transmission;

Example: ‘they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone’;

a recording of both the video and audio components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)

broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects;

Example: ‘she is a star of screen and video’; ‘Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done’;

Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode ray tube (CRT) systems which were later replaced by flat panel displays of several types.

To grip tightly.

To fasten with a clip.

Example: ‘Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.’;

(archaic) To hug, embrace.

(slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

Example: ‘She clipped my hair with her scissors.’; ‘Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.’;

To curtail; to cut short.

To strike with the hand.

Example: ‘I'll clip ye round the lugs!’;

To hit or strike, especially in passing.

(American football) An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.

(signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.

(computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.

(Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).

Example: ‘The camera keeps clipping that ceiling.’; ‘Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns.’;

To move the camera, a character model, or another object (through or into a rendered object or barrier).

Example: ‘Oh, no, I clipped my avatar through the barrier!’;

To cheat, swindle, or fleece.

Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.

Example: ‘Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.’;

An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.

Example: ‘She reads at a pretty good clip.’; ‘He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.’;

(obsolete) An embrace.

A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.

A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.

A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:

The product of a single shearing of sheep.

A season's crop of wool.

A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video

Example: ‘The morning news today played a clip of last night's debate.’; ‘The 100th episode of Seinfeld consisted of clips from previous episodes.’;

A newspaper clipping.

An act of clipping, such as a haircut.

Example: ‘I went into the salon to get a clip.’;

The condition of something, its state.

Example: ‘Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!’;

(informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)

Example: ‘Give him a clip round the ear!’;

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

Example: ‘O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about,Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.’;

To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

Example: ‘Sentenced to have his ears clipped.’;

To curtail; to cut short.

Example: ‘All my reports go with the modest truth;No more nor clipped, but so.’; ‘In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.’;

To move swiftly; - usually with indefinite it.

Example: ‘Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind.’;

An embrace.

A cutting; a shearing.

The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.

A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; - called also toe clip and beak.

A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.

A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.

A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

A rapid gait.

a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

an instance or single occasion for some event;

Example: ‘this time he succeeded’; ‘he called four times’; ‘he could do ten at a clip’;

any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress

the act of clipping or snipping

a sharp slanting blow;

Example: ‘he gave me a clip on the ear’;

sever or remove by pinching or snipping;

Example: ‘nip off the flowers’;

run at a moderately swift pace

attach with a clip;

Example: ‘clip the papers together’;

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

Example: ‘dress the plants in the garden’;

terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;

Example: ‘My speech was cut short’; ‘Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries’;

a flexible or spring-loaded device for holding an object or objects together or in place

Example: ‘he undid two clips and lifted the lid’; ‘a gilt clip fastened her hair’;

a piece of jewellery fastened by a clip

Example: ‘a diamanté clip’;

a clip for holding banknotes

Example: ‘he drew two fifties from his golden clip’;

a metal holder containing cartridges for an automatic firearm

Example: ‘he shot twice, but his clip was empty’;

an act of clipping or trimming something

Example: ‘I gave him a full clip’;

the quantity of wool clipped from a sheep or flock

Example: ‘selection favoured a heavy wool clip’; ‘a local agent will arrange for the clip to be sold at auction’;

a short sequence taken from a film or broadcast

Example: ‘clips from earlier shows’; ‘a film clip’;

a smart or glancing blow

Example: ‘I'd give him a clip round the ear’;

a specified speed or rate of movement, especially when rapid

Example: ‘we crossed the dance floor at an amazingly fast clip’;

fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips

Example: ‘she clipped on a pair of diamond earrings’; ‘the panels simply clip on to the framework’;

cut short or trim (hair, vegetation, etc.) with shears or scissors

Example: ‘I was clipping the hedge’;

trim or remove the hair or wool of (an animal)

Example: ‘we explain how to clip your horse’;

cut off a thing or part of a thing with shears or scissors

Example: ‘Philip clipped off another piece of wire’; ‘she clipped nearly two seconds off the world record’;

cut (a section) from a newspaper or periodical

Example: ‘a photograph clipped from a magazine’;

illicitly pare the edge of (a coin)

Example: ‘they clipped the edges of gold coins and melted the clippings down’;

remove a small piece of (a bus or train ticket) to show that it has been used.

process (an image) so as to remove the parts outside a certain area

Example: ‘once the video image is captured, it can be panned, clipped, and zoomed’;

truncate the amplitude of (a signal) above or below predetermined levels

Example: ‘once the amplifier has boosted the signal it is clipped to provide a digital pulse’;

strike smartly or with a glancing blow

Example: ‘the car clipped the kerb’; ‘he'll clip your ear’;

swindle or rob

Example: ‘in all the years he ran the place, he was clipped only three times’;

move quickly

Example: ‘we clip down the track’;