Definitions

clipped

[klipt] / klɪpt /

ADJECTIVE

terse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brusque concise cryptic curt elliptical incisive laconic pithy precise succinct trenchant

WEAK

abrupt aphoristic boiled down breviloquent clear-cut close compact compendiary compendious condensed crisp cut to the bone epigrammatic exact gnomic in a nutshell lean neat pointed sententious short and sweet snappy summary taut to the point

Antonyms

STRONGEST

gentle kind lengthy long-winded nice polite verbose wordy

WEAK

prolix

Example Sentences

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When Dubois answers awkwardly or offers clipped responses, he is often ridiculed online.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

This means the conversion itself might be taxed at your ordinary rate, while your portfolio income quietly gets clipped by an extra 3.8%.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

And therein lies another problem: A lot of users also aren’t following the clips through to their primary sources, because everything is being clipped and pushed in their faces now.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

“It was tricky. I was moving fast, clipped the eighth hurdler and lost my balance. That’s never happened to me before.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

My arm is clipped by bag nine and it nearly knocks me off balance, but I’m just barely able to catch myself.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Vocabulary lists containing clipped

"Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou

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