Is a "little" clip ok when recording?

When recording tracks, sometimes I have a recording pass that "clips". Logic tells me that I have "3 continuous samples" that have clipped, or something like that. Is that a big deal?
What I have been doing when that happens is to deleate that pass and record again. I'm sure that I have deleated better performances that had a little clip only to replace them with a "safer" performance that did NOT clip.
What should I be concerned with? Are a few clips ok scattered throughout the performance as long as my MASTER stereo bounce down does NOT clip?
Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!!

Indeed, and the key word is noticable.
Considering that take I did, the guitar was already distorted and I can't really pick out an anomaly (I tried hearing with my eyes closed and looking at the waveform - it seems to blend itself in in this case). Not to mention, that fixing it just may break it. I may try fixing a copy and see what happens.
jord

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