clip
clip
klÉĒp
klip
/klˈÉĒp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "clip"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϜāĻŋāύ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ

a detachable holder that feeds cartridges into a firearm
clip definition and meaning
02

āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ

a small fastener used to bind or secure loose items
03

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ

the act of cutting or trimming with shears or similar tools
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gave the model a quick clip to neaten the edges.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻĄā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āφāϘāĻžāϤ, āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āφāϘāĻžāϤ

a quick, forceful, slanting blow
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āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ āĻŦā§āϰ⧋āϚ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ

a piece of jewelry designed to attach by pressure rather than piercing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The actress adjusted the clip on her dress before going onstage.
āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ, āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

a short part of a movie or broadcast that is viewed separately
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She watched a funny clip of the comedian's latest stand-up routine.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧁āĻ•āĻžāĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ-āφāĻĒ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ

a small decorative fitting used to secure a window treatment to its rod
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āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻž

to neatly cut or remove something using scissors or a similar tool
Transitive: to clip hair or vegetation
to clip definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To tidy up the overgrown bushes, the gardener used pruning shears to clip the branches.
āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧ āϗ⧁āĻ˛ā§āĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻŽāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻĄāĻžāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāρāϚāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to attach something using a device designed for holding things together
Transitive: to clip two or more things | to clip sth to sth
to clip definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He clipped the microphone to his shirt before the presentation.
āωāύāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻž āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to shorten or abbreviate speech or writing, often for brevity or clarity
Transitive: to clip speech or writing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The editor clipped the article to fit the space constraints of the magazine.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ• āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϜāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāύāϏāχ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻ›āĻžāρāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāϞāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move swiftly and briskly
Intransitive: to clip to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cyclist clipped down the hill, leaning into the curves with practiced skill.
āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻā§āρāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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