Curtail
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cut short the tail of an animal To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate. To limit or restrict, keep in check.
Clip
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To grip tightly.To fasten with a clip.To hug, embrace.To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.To strike with the hand.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.To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.An embrace.Something which has been clipped; a small portion of a larger whole, especially an excerpt of a larger work.An act of clipping, such as a haircut.A speed or pace.The condition of something, its state.
Example sentence: There's a clip where he had someone miming me running around from keyboard to keyboard. Oh dear, I am sure a lot of people didn't know what he was going on about.