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clip¹ (kl

v. clipped, clip·ping, clips

v.tr.

1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears: clip coupons; clipped three seconds off the record.

2. To make shorter by cutting; trim: clip a hedge.

3. To cut off the edge of: clip a coin.

4. To cut short; curtail.

a. To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.

b. To enunciate with clarity and precision: clip one's words.

6. Informal To hit with a sharp blow: clipped me under the eye.

7. Football To block (an opponent) illegally from the rear.

8. Sports To hit or kick (the ball) in a certain direction.

9. Slang To cheat, swindle, or rob.

v.intr.

1. To cut something.

2. Informal To move rapidly.

1. The act of clipping.

2. Something clipped off, especially:

a. The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.

b. A season's shearing.

3. A short extract from a movie or television program.

4. Informal A quick sharp blow: a clip on the ear.

5. Football An illegal block from the rear.

6. Informal A pace or rate: go at a fast clip.

7. A single occasion; a time: could write nine pages at a clip.

8. clips A pair of shears or clippers.

[Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa.]

clip² (kl

1. Any of various devices for gripping or holding things together; a clasp or fastener.

2. A piece of jewelry that fastens with a clasp or clip; a brooch.

3. A cartridge clip.

tr.v. clipped, clip·ping, clips

1. To fasten with or as if with a clip; hold tightly.

2. Archaic To embrace or encompass.

[Middle English, hook, from clippen, to clasp, embrace, from Old English clyppan.]

clip¹

vb clips, clipping, clipped (mainly tr)

1. (also intr) to cut, snip, or trim with or as if with scissors or shears, esp in order to shorten or remove a part

2. Brit to punch (a hole) in something, esp a ticket

3. to curtail or cut short

4. (Performing Arts) to move a short section from (a film, etc.)

5. (Linguistics) to shorten (a word)

6. (intr) to trot or move rapidly, esp over a long distance a horse clipping along the road

7. Informal to strike with a sharp, often slanting, blow

8. Slang to obtain (money) by deception or cheating

9. US slang to murder; execute

clip (someone's) wings

a. to restrict (someone's) freedom

b. to thwart (someone's) ambition

1. the act or process of clipping

2. something clipped off

3. an extract from a film, newspaper, etc.

4. Informal a sharp, often slanting, blow

5. Informal speed a rapid clip

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Austral and NZ the total quantity of wool shorn, as in one place, season, etc.

7. (Linguistics) another word for clipped form

[from Old Norse klippa to cut; related to Low German klippen]

clippable adj

clip²

1. any of various small implements used to hold loose articles together or to attach one article to another

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) an article of jewellery that can be clipped onto a dress, hat, etc.

3. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) short for paperclip, cartridge clip

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) the pointed flange on a horseshoe that secures it to the front part of the hoof

vb clips, clipping, clipped (tr)

1. to hold together tightly, as with a clip

2. Archaic or dialect to embrace

[Old English clyppan to embrace; related to Old Frisian kleppa, Lithuanian glebiu]

Clip something that clips or clasps things together, hence, the group of items so clipped; a springholder for letters or papers—Wilkes.

Example: clip of papers [modern].

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	clip - a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun cartridge clip, cartridge holder, magazine gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) pincurl clip - a variety of clip for holding pin curls supply chamber - a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed
	2.	clip - an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" time case, instance, example - an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
	3.	clip - any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together bicycle clip, trouser clip - a clip worn around a cyclist's ankles that keeps trousers from becoming caught in the bicycle chain alligator clip, bulldog clip - a clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place hair slide - a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place gem clip, paper clip, paperclip - a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together; "the paper clip was invented in 1900"
	4.	clip - an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress jewellery, jewelry - an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
	5.	clip - the act of clipping or snipping snip, clipping cutting off, cutting, cut - the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" pinch, nip - a small sharp bite or snip
	6.	clip - a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear" blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
Verb	1.	clip - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" nip off, snip, snip off, nip cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	2.	clip - run at a moderately swift pace trot, jog run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"
	3.	clip - attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" attach - cause to be attached unclip - remove the clip from
	4.	clip - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" prune, snip, lop, cut back, crop, trim, dress thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" pollard, poll - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" pinch, top - cut the top off; "top trees and bushes" disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
	5.	clip - terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" curtail, cut short shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"

clip¹

verb

1. trim, cut, crop, dock, prune, shorten, shear, cut short, snip, pare I saw an old man out clipping his hedge.

2. cut out, remove, extract I clipped his picture from the newspaper and carried it round with me.

3. (Informal) smack, strike, box, knock, punch, belt (informal), thump, clout (informal), cuff, whack, wallop (informal), skelp (dialect) I'd have clipped his ear for him if he'd been my kid.

noun

1. extract, scene, selection, excerpt, snippet an historical film clip of Lenin speaking

2. (Informal) smack, strike, box, knock, punch, belt (informal), thump, clout (informal), cuff, whack, wallop (informal), skelp (dialect) The boy was later given a clip round the ear by his father.

3. (Informal) speed, rate, pace, gallop, lick (informal), velocity They trotted along at a brisk clip.

clip²

verb attach, fix, secure, connect, pin, staple, fasten, affix, hold He clipped his flashlight to his belt.

Translations

clip¹ [klɪp]

A. N

1. (= cut) → tijeretazo m, tijeretada f; (= shearing) → esquila f, esquileo m; (= wool) → cantidad f de lana esquilada

2. (Cine) → secuencia f
some clips from Kevin Costner's latest film → unas secuencias de la última película de Kevin Costner

3. (= blow) → golpe m, cachete m
at a (fast) clip (US) → a toda pastilla

B. VT

1. (= cut) → cortar; (= cut to shorten) → acortar; [+ hedge] → podar; [+ ticket] → picar (also clip off) [+ wool] → trasquilar, esquilar; [+ hair] → recortar (also clip out) [+ article from newspaper] → recortar; [+ words] → comerse, abreviar
to clip sb's wings → cortar las alas a algn

2. (= hit) → golpear, dar un cachete a

C. CPD clip joint N (US) → bar m (muy caro)

clip off VT + ADV → cortar, quitar cortando

clip out VT + ADV → recortar

clip² [klɪp]

A. N (= clamp) → grapa f; (= paper clip) → sujetapapeles m inv, clip m, grampa f (S. Cone); [of pen] → sujetador m; (= hair clip) → horquilla f, clip m; (= brooch) → alfiler m, clip m, abrochador m (LAm); [of cyclist] → pinza f

B. VT → sujetar

clip on

A. VT + ADV [+ brooch] → prender, sujetar; [+ document] → sujetar con un clip

B. VI + ADV it clips on here → se fija aquí(con clip)

clip together VT + ADV → unir

clip [ˈklɪp]

(for hair) → barrette f

[film] → extrait m
some clips from Kevin Costner's latest film → quelques courts extraits du dernier film de Kevin Costner

(to hold sth in place) → collier m de serrage, bague f de serrage

(= pace) at a fast clip → à toute vitesse

(= fasten) [+ papers] → attacher

(= cut) [+ hair, nails] → couper

(= trim) [+ hedge] → tailler
clip art n (COMPUTING) → objets mpl graphiques

clip:

clip art

n (Comput) → Clip-Art f

clipboard

(= board) → Klemmbrett nt, → Manuskripthalter m

(Comput) → Zwischenablage f

clip-clop

n the clip of hooves → das Getrappel der Hufe

clip frame

n → Wechselrahmen m

clip joint

n (sl) → Nepplokal nt (inf)

clip-on

adj brooch → mit Klips; tie → zum Anstecken; clip earrings → Klips pl; clip sunglasses → Sonnenklip m, → Sonnenvorstecker m

clip¹

(for holding things) → Klammer f

(= jewel) → Klips m

(of gun) → Ladestreifen m

vt to clip on → anklemmen; papers also → anheften; to clip something onto something → etw an etw (acc) → anklemmen/-heften; to clip two things together → zwei Dinge zusammenklemmen/-heften

vi to clip on (to something) (→ an etw acc) → angeklemmt werden; to clip together → zusammengeklemmt werden

clip²

(= trim) → scheren; dog also → trimmen; hedge also, fingernails → schneiden; wings → stutzen; to clip somebody’s wings (fig) → jdm einen Dämpfer aufsetzen; they’ll find that a young baby will clip their wings a bit → sie werden merken, dass das Kleinkind sie recht unbeweglich macht

(also clip out) article from paper → ausschneiden; (also clip off) hair → abschneiden; he clipped a few seconds off the lap record → er hat den Rundenrekord um ein paar Sekunden unterboten

(Brit) ticket → lochen, knipsen, entwerten

to clip (the ends of) one’s words → abgehackt sprechen

(= hit) → treffen; (= graze: car, bullet) → streifen; he clipped him round the ear → er gab ihm eine Ohrfeige; the left jab just clipped his chin → die linke Gerade streifte sein Kinn

(= trim) to give the sheep a clip → die Schafe scheren; to give the hedge a clip → die Hecke scheren or (be)schneiden; to give one’s fingernails a clip → sich (dat) → die Fingernägel schneiden

(= sound) → Klappern nt

(= hit) → Schlag m; he gave him a clip round the ear → er gab ihm eins hinter die Ohren (inf)

(inf: = high speed) at a fair clip → mit einem Mordszahn (inf); he made off at a fair clip → er legte ganz schön los (inf)

(from film) → Ausschnitt m, → Clip m

clip¹ [klɪp]

1. n (Cine) → sequenza

2. vt (cut, gen) → tagliare; (sheep, dog) → tosare; (hedge) → potare, tagliare; (ticket) → forare; (article from newspaper) → ritagliare
to clip sb's wings (fig) → tarpare le ali a qn

clip¹ [klɪp]

1. n (Cine) → sequenza

clip² [klɪp]

1. n (paperclip) → graffetta (Brit) (bulldog clip) → fermafogli m inv; (hair clip) → molletta; (brooch) → spilla, fermaglio; (holding hose) → anello d'attacco

2. vt (also clip together) (papers) → attaccare (con una graffetta)

clip on vt + adv (brooch) → agganciare; (document, with paper clip) → attaccare

clip together vt + adv → attaccare (con una graffetta)

clip² [klɪp]

1. n (paperclip) → graffetta (Brit) (bulldog clip) → fermafogli m inv; (hair clip) → molletta; (brooch) → spilla, fermaglio; (holding hose) → anello d'attacco

2. vt (also clip together) (papers) → attaccare (con una graffetta)

clip on vt + adv (brooch) → agganciare; (document, with paper clip) → attaccare

clip together vt + adv → attaccare (con una graffetta)

clip¹

v clip [klip]

1 to cut (foliage, an animal's hair etc) with scissors or shears The shepherd clipped the sheep; The hedge was clipped. knip يَقُصُّ، يَجُزُّ الصّوف остригвам (o)stříhat klippe scheren, stutzen κουρεύω cortar pügama چیدن؛ کوتاه کردن leikata, keritä couper; tondre לִגזוֹז कतरना stisnuti, pričvrstiti (meg)nyír menggunting klippa; rÿja tagliare; tosare 刈り込む (가위, 칼 등으로 동물의 털 등을) 깎다 kirpti cirpt; apgriezt potong knippen, scheren, snoeien klippe, stusse, slå (plenen) strzyc cortar a tunde; a tăia подрезать (o)strihať striči strigati klippa ตัดออก kırpmak, kırkmak 剪 стригти; обрізати کاٹنا cắt xén 剪

2 to strike sharply She clipped him over the ear. oorveeg gee يَضْرِبُ، يَلْطُمُ цапвам stříhnout jednu ramme schlagen χτύπημα dar un cachete laksama تند و محکم زدن sivaltaa frapper לְהַכּוֹת जोर से मारना stisnuti behúz vkinek löðrunga, slá colpire なぐる 한방 먹이다 sukirsti iepļaukāt; iebelzt tumbuk een mep geven slå, gi en ørefik wyrżnąć bater a plesni ударить dať zaucho udariti udariti klippa till ตบ vurmak, tokadı patlatmak 痛打 стискувати; міцно обхоплювати سکتی سے چوٹ لگانا đánh 痛打

1 an act of clipping. knip ضَرْب، لَطْم стригане stříhání klipning; rammen die Schur tijeretada pügamine برش؛ کوتاه سازی leikkaaminen taille, tonte קִצוּץ छंटाई kljaštrenje, obrezivanje nyírás pengguntingan klipping taglio; tosatura 刈り込み 깎기 kirpimas cirpšana memotong het knippen klipp(ing) strzyżenie corte tundere; tăiere стрижка strihanie striženje striganje klippning การตัด kırpma, kırkma 剪 стрижка کاٹنے کا عمل sự xén, hớt lông cừu 剪

2 a sharp blow a clip on the ear. oorveeg gee ضَرْبَهن لَطْمَه цапване pohlavek lussing der Klaps χτύπημα cachete laksak سیلی؛ ضربه سریع sivallus taloche מַכָּה प्रहार štipalo, klipsa ütés pukulan löðrungur; högg scappellotto 強打 한방 먹임 smūgis belziens menumbuk oorvijg smekk, lusing, ørefik kuksaniec bofetada palmă затрещина facka udarec udarac slag, smäll การเป่า tokat 痛打 ляпас تھپڑ ، چوٹ cú nện mạnh 猛击

3 a short piece of film a video clip. klip, uitknipsel قُصاصَه من فيلم откъс (video)klip klip der Klip απόκομμα κινηματογραφικής ταινίας, φιλμ fragmento klipp قطعه فیلم extrait קְלִיפ בְּסִרטוֹן अंश filmski insert (video)klip video klip inserto filmato*, clip （テレビ・映画の）短い抜粋 (필름, 비디오 등의) 클립 filmukas klips sedutan clip, videoclip filmklipp/-stykke urywek клип klip, krátky záber (z filmu) klip isečak []klipp ภาพยนตร์สั้น kısa parça (影片)片斷，一小段影片 кліп فلم کا ایک حصہ đoạn phim （影片）片断

n clipper

1 (in plural) a tool for clipping hedge-clippers; nail-clippers. knipper مِقراض ножица nůžky klipper das Schneidegerät ψαλίδα, κόπτης (πληθ.) tijeras de podar; cortaúñas käärid ابزار چیدن؛ قیچی leikkuri, sakset tondeuse גוֹזֵז कतरनी aparat za šišanje nyírógép pemotong klippur forbici はさみ (올타리, 손톱 등을) 깎는 기계 žirklės dzirkles; knaibles penggunting kniptang -saks, klippemaskin, (negle)klipper nożyce tesoura foarfece садовые ножницы;кусачки nožnice škarje makaze sax, klippmaskin เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการตัด makas 剪刀 машинка для стрижки کاٹنے کا اوزار kéo; tông đơ 大剪刀

2 a type of fast sailing-ship. klipper سَفينَه شِراعِيَّه سَريعَه мор. клипер plachetnice (rychlá) klipper der Schnellsegler μεγάλο ιστιοφόρο clíper klipper کشتی بادبانی باریک و تندرو klipperi clipper מִפרָשִׂית מִהירָה द्रुतगामी जहाज kliper vitorlás hajó kapal layar cepatp seglskip clipper 快速帆船 쾌속 범선 kliperis kliperis kapal layar klipper klipper kliper clíper clipper клипер clipper hitra jadrnica kliper klipper ชนิดของเรือเร็ว hızlı yelkenli; sürat teknesi 快速帆船 кліпер تیز بادبانی جہاز thuyền cao tốc 快速帆船

n clipping

a thing clipped off or out of something, especially a newspaper She collects clippings about the royal family. knipsels قٌصاصه изрезка výstřižek (z novin) udklip der Zeitungsausschnitt απόκομμα recorte (ajalehe)väljalõige بریده lehtileike coupure (de presse) תַגזִיר करतन, कटाई striženje, obrezivanje kivágat guntingan, kliping úrklippa ritaglio 切り抜き (신문 등의) 클립 iškarpa (avīzes) izgriezums keratan knipsel (avis)utklipp, avklipp, stump(er), stykk(er) wycinek recorte (газетная) вырезка výstrižok izrezek isečak []klipp การเล็มออก kırpıntı, kupür 剪報 вирізка ایک چھوٹا جزو mảnh nhỏ được cắt ra 剪辑

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v clip [klip]

to fasten with a clip Clip these papers together. knyp يُثَبِّت، يَشْبِكُ الأوراق защипвам sepnout (sponkou) klipse; hæfte klammern συνάπτω, πιάνω με συνδετήρα sujetar mediante un clip klambriga kinnitama با گیره محکم کردن kiinnittää klemmarilla attacher לְהַדֵק चुटकी, क्लिप okljaštriti, ostrići, podrezati összekapcsol menjepit hefta, klemma saman attaccare 留める 클립으로 고정하다 susegti (sąvaržėle) saspraust kepit vastklemmen hefte sammen, feste, spenne fast spinać agrafar a prinde скреплять zopnúť speti spojiti fästa [], klämma fast (ihop) ถูกจับ tutturmak 夾住 прищеплювати باندھ کر یا جوڑ کر رکھنا gắn chặt 夹住

something for holding things together or in position a paper-clip; a hair-clip; bicycle-clips (= round pieces of metal etc for holding the bottom of trouser legs close to the leg). knip مَشْبَك скоба sponka clip; spænde die Klammer συνδετήρας, πιαστράκι clip; pasador klamber گیره؛ سنجاق attache, pince מְהַדֵק पकड़ना kljaštrenje, obrezivanje kapocs penjepit klemma clip, graffetta, fermaglio 留め金具 클립 sąvaržėlė, segtukas saspraude klip klem holder, binders, klemme, (sykkel)klype spinacz gancho clamă, agrafă скрепка; зажим sponka, spinka sponka spajalica gem, hållare, klämma, spänne, clips การมัดรวมกัน raptiye, tutturucu (迴紋針、髮夾等)夾子 прищіпка; скріпка اشیاء کو جوڑ کر رکھنے والی کوچیز cái nghim; cái kẹp 夹

clip → مشبك stříhání clips Klammer συνδετήρας clip liitin barrette kvačica graffetta 刈り込み 클립 clip klemme przypinać clipe скрепка klämma การหนีบติดกัน klips cái ghim 夹子

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