clip

B1
Pronunciation
/klɪp/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.
2 Definition

An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.

Example Sentences
  • He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.
3 Definition

An embrace.

4 Definition

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

5 Definition

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.

6 Definition

A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

7 Definition

Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:

8 Definition

An act of clipping, such as a haircut.

Example Sentences
  • I went into the salon to get a clip.
9 Definition

The condition of something, its state.

Example Sentences
  • Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!
10 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Give him a clip round the ear!
Verb
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

To grip tightly.

2 Definition

To fasten with a clip.

Example Sentences
  • Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.
3 Definition

To hug, embrace.

4 Definition

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

5 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.
6 Definition

To curtail; to cut short.

7 Definition

To strike with the hand.

Example Sentences
  • I'll clip ye round the lugs!
8 Definition

To hit or strike, especially in passing.

Example Sentences
  • The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.
9 Definition

An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.

10 Definition

To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.

11 Definition

To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.

12 Definition

(Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).

Example Sentences
  • Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns.
13 Definition

To cheat, swindle, or fleece.

14 Definition

To grab or take stealthily