Answer to "Clip off" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHEAR which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2012.

Clip off crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHEAR	50 %	5
NIP	17 %	3
SNIP	17 %	4
LOP	17 %	3

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Clip off

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• snap off
• snip off
• chop off
• cut off
• pop off
• cut away
• clipping
• unclip
• clipped
• cut out
• hack off
• break off

Crossword Answer definitions

SHEAR noun

1. A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
2. The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
3. Forces that push in opposite directions.
4. A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
5. The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.

SHEAR verb

1. To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
2. To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
3. To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
4. To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
5. To make a vertical cut in the coal.
6. To reap, as grain.
7. To deprive of property; to fleece.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SHEAR

• Wind phenomenon
• Clip
• Cut
• Cut short
• Take a sheep's wool
• Strip
• Cut, as wool
• Give a crew cut
• Scissor
• Cut off

More clues leading to the result NIP

• Chill
• Tuck's partner
• Winter-air quality
• Winter chill
• Small bite
• Win by a nose
• Quick drink
• Pinch
• Drop to drink?
• Quick sip, as of brandy

More clues leading to the result SNIP

• Cut coupons
• Do a tonsorial task
• Impertinent one
• Quick cut
• Do some coupon-cutting
• Follow the dotted line, perhaps
• Small cut
• Barber's cut
• Cut into
• Get coupons

More clues leading to the result LOP

• Cut off
• Remove some branches
• Trim
• Remove, as branches
• Be a branch manager?
• Chop (off)
• Cut (off)
• Cut (off), as branches
• Do some landscaping work, say
• Do some topiary