clip
Other forms: clipped; clips; clipping
Use the noun clip to talk about a fastener that holds things together, like a paper clip or a hair clip.
A clip keeps loose things attached to each other, but when you clip something, you cut small pieces off of it. Think of when you clip your dog's toenails or clip the dangling ends off the blanket you're knitting. You can also use the verb clip for a figurative kind of cutting, like when you clip two minutes off your marathon time or clip your words — say them quickly and tensely — when you're angry.
Definitions of clip
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any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
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bicycle clip, trouser clip
a clip worn around a cyclist's ankles that keeps trousers from becoming caught in the bicycle chain
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alligator clip, bulldog clip
a clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws
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hair slide
a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place
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gem clip, paper clip, paperclip
a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together
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an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
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a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
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cartridge clip, cartridge holder, magazine
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pincurl clip
a variety of clip for holding pin curls
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supply chamber
a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed
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pincurl clip
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attach with a clip
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sever or remove by pinching or snipping
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cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
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shear
cut with shears
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poll, pollard
convert into a pollard
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pinch, top
cut the top off
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disbud
thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
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tail
remove the stalk of fruits or berries
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thin out
make sparse
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terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
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the act of clipping or snipping
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an instance or single occasion for some event
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the relative speed of progress or change
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fastness, speed, swiftness
a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
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beat
a regular rate of repetition
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celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
a rate that is rapid
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deliberateness, deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness
a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
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sluggishness
the pace of things that move relatively slowly
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fleetness
rapidity of movement
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immediacy, immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness
the quickness of action or occurrence
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despatch, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness
the property of being prompt and efficient
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promptitude, promptness
the characteristic of doing things without delay
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haste, hastiness, hurriedness, hurry, precipitation
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
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execution speed
(computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS
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graduality, gradualness
the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages
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leisureliness
slowness by virtue of being leisurely
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dilatoriness, procrastination
slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
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temporal property
a property relating to time
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run at a moderately swift pace
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a sharp slanting blow
Pronunciation
US
/klɪp/
UK
/klɪp/
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