Clip
[klɪp]
Definition
(noun.) a sharp slanting blow; 'he gave me a clip on the ear'.
(noun.) the act of clipping or snipping.
(noun.) any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together.
(noun.) an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) attach with a clip; 'clip the papers together'.
Checker: Michelle--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass.
(v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
(v. t.) To curtail; to cut short.
(v. i.) To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.
(n.) An embrace.
(n.) A cutting; a shearing.
(n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
(n.) A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
(n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
(n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak.
(n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.
Editor: Verna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Cut.[2]. Prune, curtail, cut short.
n. [1]. Shearing, cutting.[2]. Quantity sheared (as of wool).[3]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Blow (with the hand), rap, knock.
Inputed by Ezra
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Curtail, prune, contract, abridge
ANT:Elongate, cherish, grow, nourish
Checker: Wendy
Definition
v.t. (Shak.) to embrace: to encircle: to hold firmly.—n. an instrument for holding things firm.
v.t. to cut by making the blades of shears meet: to cut off: to debase the coin by cutting off the edges: to diminish.—v.i. to go quickly:—pr.p. clip′ping; pa.p. clipped.—n. the thing clipped off as the wool that has been shorn off sheep: a smart blow.—adj. Clipped cut short.—ns. Clip′per one that clips: a sharp-built fast-sailing vessel: (slang) a dashing person; Clip′ping the act of cutting esp. debasing coin by cutting off the edges: the thing clipped off.—adj. superb: fast-going.—Clip the wings to cut a bird's wings to prevent it from flying: (fig.) to restrain ambition: to deprive of the means of rising.
Inputed by Carter
Examples
- He took the clip out of the submachine gun and worked the lock back and forth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the Mannlicher gun, adopted by the German army, the clip which holds the cartridges is itself inserted into the magazine, along with the cartridges. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They pluck his feathers now and then and clip his wings, but he sings, he sings! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Is it possible that Republicans, Democrats and Socialists clip the wings more than free spirits can allow? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- From the scabbard on the right of his saddle projected the stock and the long oblong clip of a short automatic rifle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I commenced to reload the empty clip. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Now the clip was heavy again in his hand and he slid it back into the submachine gun and felt it click home. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She talked away all the time the man clipped, and diverted my mind nicely. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I climbed a near tree: the level sands bounded by a pine forest, and the sea clipped round by the horizon, was all that I could discern. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The striking points in his appearance were his buff waistcoat, short-clipped blond hair, and neutral physiognomy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Their carbines were clipped to the frame of the bicycles. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He went away chewing his lips to get at the ends of his short clipped moustache. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They perceived that the Legislative Assembly, so clipped of all experience, must certainly be a politically incompetent body. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She clipped the bouquet which George had brought her, and gave fresh water to the flowers, and read over the letter which he had sent her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Upright pieces of wood, _d h_, _e f_, at each end, are furnished with slides or clips to hold the drawings, which are reflected from the inclined mirrors, and seen in them by each eye separately. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I sat down on the chair in front of a table where there were nurses' reports hung on clips at the side and looked out of the window. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In front of the type wheel is a horizontal roller to which the sheet of paper is attached by clips. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The rifle lay beside him and there were three clips of cartridges shining in the sun beside the rifle. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is handled by two men, one to aim and fire it, the other to feed the cartridges which are held in brass clips of 30 each. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I want two extra clips and a box of cartridges. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You will find that the clips are too wide for your nose, showing that the lady's nose was very broad at the base. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This nominal sum, therefore, is necessarily higher when the coin is much debased by clipping and wearing, than when near to its standard value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This event was the great debasement of the silver coin, by clipping and wearing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The next process is termed clipping, the spoon being cut out from the blank in the correct outline of the pattern. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Ruth