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Clip

//klɪp// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun

1
Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
"Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form."
2
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole countable, uncountable
"Early [teddy] bears were made of the clip of angora goats."
3
a sharp slanting blow wordnet
4
An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
"She reads at a pretty good clip."
5
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:; The product of a single shearing of sheep. countable, uncountable

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6
the act of clipping or snipping wordnet
7
An embrace. obsolete
"But finding theſe North climes do coldly him embrace, / Not vſde to frozen clips, he ſtraue to find ſome part, / Where with most eaſe & warmth he might employ his art: […]"
8
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:; A season's crop of wool. countable, uncountable
9
a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun wordnet
10
A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
11
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:; A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video. countable, uncountable
"The morning news today played a clip of last night's debate."
12
any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together wordnet
13
A removable magazine of a firearm. colloquial
14
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:; A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio). countable, uncountable
15
an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress wordnet
16
A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
"1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse The heel - clips are two clips at the heels of the side bars , which correspond to the toe - clip ; the latter embracing the toe of the crust , whilst the former embrace its heels"
17
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:; A newspaper clipping. countable, uncountable
18
an instance or single occasion for some event wordnet
19
A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. Scotland, UK
20
An act of clipping, such as a haircut. countable, uncountable
"I went into the salon to get a clip."
21
The condition of something, its state. Geordie, uncountable
"Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!"
22
A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear) countable, informal, uncountable
"Give him a clip round the ear!"

Verb

1
To grip tightly.
2
To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
"She clipped my hair with her scissors."
3
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent wordnet
4
To fasten with a clip.
"Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go."
5
To curtail; to cut short.
"All my reports go with the modest truth; / No more nor clipped, but so."

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6
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of wordnet
7
To hug, embrace. archaic
""As how, my lambkin," blushing, she replide, / "Because I in this dancing schoole abide? / If that it be, that breede's this discontent, / We will remoue the camp incontinent: / For shelter onelie, sweete heart, came I hither, / And to auoide the troblous stormie weather; / But now the coaste is cleare, we will be gonne, / Since, but thy self, true louer I haue none." / With that she sprung full lightlie to my lips / And fast about the neck me colle's, and clips ..."
8
To strike with the hand. dialectal, informal
"I’ll clip ye round the lugs!"
9
attach with a clip wordnet
10
To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard. slang
11
To hit or strike, especially in passing.
"The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost."
12
sever or remove by pinching or snipping wordnet
13
To perform 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.
14
run at a moderately swift pace wordnet
15
To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
"The WFM display above shows a very contrasty picture with clipped whites and blacks."
16
To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
17
To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier). ambitransitive
"The camera keeps clipping that ceiling."
18
To assassinate; to bump off. slang
"It was after they tried to clip me at the cafe."
19
To cheat, swindle, or fleece. slang, transitive
20
to grab or take stealthily. slang, transitive
21
To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
"I clipped the moment they beat the world record live on stream."
22
To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”).

Etymology 4

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