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clips

 
Noun clip has 6 senses
  1. cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip, magazine - a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
    --1 is a kind of supply chamber
    --1 is a part of gun
    --1 has particulars: pincurl clip
  2. time, clip - an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
    --2 is a kind of case, instance, example
  3. clip - any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
    --3 is a kind of
    fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
    --3 has particulars:
     bicycle clip, trouser clip; bulldog clip, alligator clip; hair slide; paper clip, paperclip, gem clip
    Derived form: verb clip3
  4. clip - an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
    --4 is a kind of
    jewelry, jewellery
  5. clip, clipping, snip - the act of clipping or snipping
    --5 is a kind of cut, cutting, cutting off
    Derived forms: verb clip4, verb clip1
  6. clip - a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
    --6 is a kind of
    blow
Verb clip has 5 senses
  1. nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
    --1 is one way to cut
    Derived forms: noun clip5, noun clipper3, noun clipper4, noun clipping3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. trot, jog, clip - run at a moderately swift pace
    --2 is one way to run
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. clip - attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"
    --3 is one way to
    attach
    Antonyms: unclip
    Derived form: noun clip3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  4. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
    --4 is one way to thin out
    Derived forms: noun clip5, noun clipper3, noun clipping2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. clip, curtail, cut short - terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
    --5 is one way to shorten
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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