clip

Plural: clips

Noun

• a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
• an instance or single occasion for some event
  • "he could do ten at a clip"
• any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
• an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
• the act of clipping or snipping
• a sharp slanting blow
  • "he gave me a clip on the ear"
• 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.
• 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.
• A removable magazine of a firearm.
• 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.
• A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
• Something which has been clipped from a larger whole
• Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
• The product of a single shearing of sheep.
• Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
• A season's crop of wool.
• Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
• A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
• Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
• A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
• Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
• A newspaper clipping.
• An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
• The condition of something, its state.
• A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)

Verb

Verb Forms: clipped, clipt, clipping, clips

• To cut, trim, or sever with quick, sharp strokes.
• sever or remove by pinching or snipping
• run at a moderately swift pace
• attach with a clip
  • "clip the papers together"
• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
• terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
• 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 curtail; to cut short.
• To strike with the hand.
• To hit or strike, especially in passing.
• 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.
• To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
• To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
• To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
• To assassinate; to bump off.
• To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
• to grab or take stealthily.
• To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
• To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.

Examples

• Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns.
• Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!
• Give him a clip round the ear!
• He had to CLIP his expectations, realizing a bingo wasn’t possible with his current rack.
• He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.
• I clipped the moment they beat the world record live on stream.
• I went into the salon to get a clip.
• I’ll clip ye round the lugs!
• Oh, no, I clipped my avatar through the barrier!
• Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.
• Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.
• She clipped my hair with her scissors.
• She reads at a pretty good clip.
• The 100th episode of Seinfeld consisted of clips from previous episodes.
• The camera keeps clipping that ceiling.
• The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.
• The morning news today played a clip of last night's debate.
• Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.

Synonyms

cartridge clip, cartridge holder, clipping, crop, curtail, cut back, cut short, dress, jog, lop, magazine, nip, nip off, prune, snip, snip off, time, trim, trot, audio clip, bit, chip, chunk, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting, flake, fleak, fragment, hunk, lump, mammock, ort, piece, piecemeal, portion, scrap, scraplet, slice, snead, snippet, sound bite, sound clip, steck, video clip, whack

Antonyms

unclip

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