clip

Meaning

Verb

1. To grip tightly.
2. To fasten with a clip.
3. To hug, embrace.
4. (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

Noun

1. Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
2. An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
3. (obsolete) An embrace.
4. 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.
5. (colloquial) A removable magazine of a firearm.
6. 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.
7. A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

Noun

1. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
2. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
3. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
4. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
5. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
6. An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
7. The condition of something, its state.
8. (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)

Concepts

clip

cut

trim

snip

shear

cut off

prune

lop

clamp

crop

paper clip

clipping

nip

mow

trim off

curtail

magazine

pinch

clasp

time

sever

fasten

reap

dress

nip off

pin

pare

shave

snick

pluck

cut short

cut back

jog

trot

cartridge clip

cartridge holder

fastener

cut out

chop

hold

paper-clip

snip off

shears

shearing

button

run over

squeeze

amputate

carve

abridge

paperclip

grip

knock

strike

swat

scissor

clippers

scissors

clothespin

truncate

buckle

slice

harvest

trim hair

bulldog clip

lessen

peg

staple

shiver

sliver

splinter

divide

gather

letter-clip

encompass

encircle

clutch

haircut

chop off

diminish

swindle

cow

poll

bite

hold tightly

jam

pin down

sting

tie

fastening

key

lock

nail

pick

pick fruit

peel

skin

fleece

slacken

razee

retrench

bottle up

check

contain

control

curb

govern

hold in

keep down

restrain

ally

associate

attach

brace

conjoin

connect

hook up

interlock

join

knot

leash

span

splice

syndicate

stapler

clench

clinch

constrict

cramp

enfold

gripe

strangulate

tighten

bang

chime

clank

clap

clink

clobber

hit

hurt

jangle

punish

slosh

smite

strike down

thrash

beating

bump

chatter

slam

stroke

thrust

tit

whop

office clip

folder

binder

clamp clip terminal

keeper

tongs

intermediate plate

wire ferrule

rail fastening

hairpin

compress

crowd together

crush

overrun

press

stifle

tuck in

lop off

sequence

cut hair

detail

extract

terminal

break

break up

break with

disrupt

interrupt

shut off

clip-on

trouser clip

jounce

slap

smack

spank

cutting

box

case

casket

coffer

firing chamber

gun chamber

dock

nick

taste

fell

hackle

hash

saw

strip

little bit

pliers

tweezers

collar

holder

hew

embrace

n

safety pin

shorten

pare off

reduce

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɪp/

Etymology

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”).