CLIPS
/klɪps/
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Definition
/klɪps/
noun
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.“Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.”
- An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.“He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.”
- An embrace.
- A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- 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.
verb
- To grip tightly.
- To fasten with a clip.“Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.”
- To hug, embrace.
- To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
noun
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.“I went into the salon to get a clip.”
- The condition of something, its state.“Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!”
- A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)“Give him a clip round the ear!”
verb
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.“Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.”
- To curtail; to cut short.
- To strike with the hand.“I'll clip ye round the lugs!”
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.“The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.”
- 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.
Source: Wiktionary
