Clip

Quick meaning: Clip is a verb meaning To grip tightly.

Meaning

To grip tightly.

More Meanings

1. To fasten with a clip.
2. Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
3. An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
4. (military) 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.
5. (archaic) To hug, embrace.
6. (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
7. (obsolete) An embrace.

Example Sentences

She reads at a pretty good clip.

What, fifty of my followers at a clap!

Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.

Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.

Word Forms

• clips
• clipping
• clipped
• clipt

Synonyms for clip

Depending on context, synonyms include whack, cutting, snippet, bit, chip, chunk.

Antonyms for clip

Common opposites include unclip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include curtail, lop, snip, trim, cut back, jog.

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