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Clips

/klɪps/

Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.

📖 Definitions of "Clips"

noun
  1. 1

    Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.

    "Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form."

  2. 2

    An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.

    "He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up."

  3. 3

    An embrace.

  4. 4

    A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.

verb
  1. 1

    To grip tightly.

  2. 2

    To fasten with a clip.

    "Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go."

  3. 3

    To hug, embrace.

  4. 4

    To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

noun
  1. 1

    Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:

  2. 2

    An act of clipping, such as a haircut.

    "I went into the salon to get a clip."

  3. 3

    The condition of something, its state.

    "Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!"

  4. 4

    A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)

    "Give him a clip round the ear!"

verb
  1. 1

    To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

    "Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper."

  2. 2

    To curtail; to cut short.

  3. 3

    To strike with the hand.

    "I'll clip ye round the lugs!"

  4. 4

    To hit or strike, especially in passing.

    "The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost."

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