PAPER CLIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paper clip mean? 

• PAPER CLIP (noun)
  The noun PAPER CLIP has 1 sense:

1. a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together

  Familiarity information: PAPER CLIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAPER CLIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gem clip; paper clip; paperclip

Context example:

the paper clip was invented in 1900

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

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

 Context examples 

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)

Then, they inserted the wire — which is as long as a pinky finger and as thick as a paper clip — into a vein near the pig's ear, according to the study. (This vein in pigs is similar to the veins in a human's arm.) When the magnetized tumor cells floated past the wire, they stuck to it.

(Magnetic Wires May Soon Be Used in Your Veins to Detect Cancer Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)