CLIP (clipped, clipping)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clip mean? 

• CLIP (noun)
  The noun CLIP has 6 senses:

1. a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

2. an instance or single occasion for some event

3. any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

4. an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress

5. the act of clipping or snipping

6. a sharp slanting blow

  Familiarity information: CLIP used as a noun is common.

• CLIP (verb)
  The verb CLIP has 5 senses:

1. sever or remove by pinching or snipping

2. run at a moderately swift pace

3. attach with a clip

4. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

5. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

  Familiarity information: CLIP used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cartridge clip; cartridge holder; clip; magazine

Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):

supply chamber (a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clip"):

pincurl clip (a variety of clip for holding pin curls)

Holonyms ("clip" is a part of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Sense 2

Meaning:

An instance or single occasion for some event

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

clip; time

Context example:

he could do ten at a clip

Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):

case; example; instance (an occurrence of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clip"):

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)

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)

Derivation:

clip (attach with a clip)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):

jewellery; jewelry (an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems))

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of clipping or snipping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

clip; clipping; snip

Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clip"):

nip; pinch (a small sharp bite or snip)

Derivation:

clip (cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)

clip (sever or remove by pinching or snipping)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A sharp slanting blow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he gave me a clip on the ear

Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)

• CLIP (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sever or remove by pinching or snipping

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

clip; nip; nip off; snip; snip off

Context example:

nip off the flowers

Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clip (the act of clipping or snipping)

clipper (scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural))

clipper (shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural))

clipping (the act of clipping or snipping)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Run at a moderately swift pace

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

clip; jog; trot

Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):

run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Attach with a clip

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

clip the papers together

Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

unclip (remove the clip from)

Derivation:

clip (any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

clip; crop; cut back; dress; lop; prune; snip; trim

Context example:

dress the plants in the garden

Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):

thin out (make sparse)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clip"):

shear (cut with shears)

poll; pollard (convert into a pollard)

pinch; top (cut the top off)

disbud (thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clip (the act of clipping or snipping)

clipper (shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural))

clipping (cutting down to the desired size or shape)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

clip; curtail; cut short

Context example:

Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries

Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):

shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Time was when your ears were clipped.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The type of movie clip (containing guns or not containing guns) did not influence whether children found the gun or handled it, according to the results.

(Better Not to Show Kids Movies with Guns, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

There was no breath of life in it, and yet it sold, at two cents a word, twenty dollars a thousand—the newspaper clipping had said so.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You will perceive, he said, that the clips are lined with tiny bands of cork to soften the pressure upon the nose.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A seven part test that evaluates a broad range of hand functions used in daily activities using common items such as cans, paper clips, and pencils.

(Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test, NCI Thesaurus)

At the sharp, clipping tone of the parrot, the sleepers awoke and sprang up; and with a mighty oath, the voice of Silver cried, “Who goes?”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But mayhap it is best to let the wool grow long ere you clip it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I forge a shoe, and I fuller it, and I clip it, and I caulken it, and I knock five holes in it, and there it is finished.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The wind was freshening rapidly, the Ghost heeling over more and more, and by the time the state-room was ready she was dashing through the water at a lively clip.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Was it not enough to clip off the end of my beard?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)