clip
Forms
- present (v1)
- clip
- past (v2)
- clipped
- past participle (v3)
- clipped
- present participle
- clipping
- 3rd person singular
- clips
- Plural
- clips
Definitions
1.To grip tightly.
2.To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.(slang)
3.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.
4.To fasten with a clip.
- Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.
1.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.
2.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.
3.A removable magazine of a firearm.(colloquial)
4.Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2561
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”).