This word can also be used for cutting or trimming of other things that tend grow constantly and can become "too long", like grass, fingernails, or the fringe on a piece of fabric. 

qaStaHvIS rep wa'DIch molor rol chIpchu' qeylIS 'ej teq
In the first hour, Kahless cut off Molor's beard  (PB)

(ghunchu'wI', 6/28/12):  I use chip, without hesitation or ironic intent, to describe mowing the lawn.

SEE ALSO:

pe'             cut (v)
DuQ             stab (v)
SIj             slit (v)

poDmoH  clip (v)
teq             remove,  take off (v)

jIb             hair [on head] (n)
loch            mustache (n)
rol             beard (n)