clip

Meaning

Verb

1. To grip tightly.
2. To fasten with a clip.
3. (archaic) 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. (Scotland, UK) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

Noun

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

Synonyms

cut

trim

snip

shear

cut off

prune

clamp

🗜️

lop

paper clip

nip

clipping

crop

magazine

pinch

trim off

curtail

mow

sever

time

⌚

fasten

clasp

cartridge clip

shave

chop

snick

pluck

pare

reap

nip off

pin

cartridge holder

jog

trot

dress

👗

cut out

fastener

cut back

cut short

shearing

shears

slice

run over

scissor

scissors

✂️

knock

paperclip

📎

grip

carve

hold

button

Translations

schneiden

scheren

stutzen

tondre

clip

tailler

cortar

Klemme

🗜️

knippen

συνδετήρας

scheren

clip

couper

tagliare

abschneiden

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clippen

Inherited from Old English: clyppan

Cognate with Old Frisian: kleppa

Cognate with Middle High German: klimpen

Cognate with Icelandic: klippa

Cognate with Swedish: klippa

Cognate with Danish: klippe

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: klippe

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”).