clip
Betekenis (English)
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- To grip tightly.
- To fasten with a clip.
- To hug, embrace.
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
Concepten
Synonyms
trim off
nip off
cartridge holder
cartridge clip
paper-clip
amputate
snip off
little bit
pare off
cut hair
pick fruit
letter-clip
trim hair
hold tightly
firing chamber
gun chamber
trouser clip
rail fastening
intermediate plate
office clip
clamp clip terminal
wire ferrule
chop off
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/klɪp/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
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”).
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