clip

Etymology

Definitions

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.

   • What, fifty of my followers at a clap!
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   1. 4

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

   2. 5

      Something which clips or grasps

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

      • Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.
   3. 6

      An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.

      • She reads at a pretty good clip.
      • He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.
   4. 7

      An embrace.

      • But finding theſe North climes do coldly him embrace, / Not vſde to frozen clips, he ſtraue to find ſome part, / Where with most eaſe & warmth he might employ his art: […]
   5. 8

      A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into…

      A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.

   6. 9

      A removable magazine of a firearm.

   7. 10

      A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the…

      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.

   8. 11

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

   9. 12

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

      • She clipped my hair with her scissors.
      • Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.
      • sentenced to have his ears clipped
   10. 13

       To curtail

       To curtail; to cut short.

       • All my reports go with the modest truth; / No more nor clipped, but so.
   11. 14

       To strike with the hand.

       • I’ll clip ye round the lugs!
   12. 15

       To hit or strike, especially in passing.

       • The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.
   13. 16

       To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or…

       To perform 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.

   14. 17

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

       • The WFM display above shows a very contrasty picture with clipped whites and blacks.
   15. 18

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

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

   16. 19

       To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).

       • The camera keeps clipping that ceiling.
       • Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns.
       • Oh, no, I clipped my avatar through the barrier!
   17. 20

       To assassinate

       To assassinate; to bump off.

       • It was after they tried to clip me at the cafe.
   18. 21

       To cheat, swindle, or fleece.

   19. 22

       to grab or take stealthily.

   20. 23

       To make a clip

       To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.

       • I clipped the moment they beat the world record live on stream.
   21. 24

       To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.

   22. 25

       Something which has been clipped from a larger whole

       • Early [teddy] bears were made of the clip of angora goats.
   23. 26

       An act of clipping, such as a haircut.

       • I went into the salon to get a clip.
   24. 27

       The condition of something, its state.

       • Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!
   25. 28

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

       • Give him a clip round the ear!
       • Oh sure, I got the odd clip under the ear.

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