ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Clip

/klɪp/ · verb

Meaning

To grip tightly..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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

"As how, my lambkin," blushing, she replide, / "Because I in this dancing schoole abide? / If that it be, that breede's this discontent, / We will remoue the camp incontinent: / For shelter onelie, sweete heart, came I hither, / And to auoide the troblous stormie weather; / But now the coaste is cleare, we will be gonne, / Since, but thy self, true louer I haue none." / With that she sprung full lightlie to my lips / And fast about the neck me colle's, and clips ...

What, fifty of my followers at a clap!

When we had sufficiently graduated our advances towards the main point, by toying, kissing, clipping, feeling my breasts, now round and plump, feeling that part of me I might call a furnace-mouth, from the prodigious intense heat his fiery touches had rekindled there, my young sportsman, embolden'd by every freedom he could wish, wantonly takes my hand, and carries it to that enormous machine of his

White thy fambles, red thy gan / And thy quarrons dainty is. / Couch a hogshead with me then. / In the darkmans clip and kiss.

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

She reads at a pretty good clip.

He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.

Word Forms

clips
clipping
clipped
clipt

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When Should You Use Clip?

Use clip when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does clip mean?

Clip means To grip tightly..

What is a synonym for clip?

Common synonyms include whack, cutting, snippet, bit.

What is the opposite of clip?

Possible antonyms include unclip.

How do you use clip in a sentence?

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

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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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Definitions by Sense

To grip tightly.

To fasten with a clip.

(archaic) To hug, embrace.

(slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.

An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.

(obsolete) An embrace.

(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.

Example Sentences

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

"As how, my lambkin," blushing, she replide, / "Because I in this dancing schoole abide? / If that it be, that breede's this discontent, / We will remoue the camp incontinent: / For shelter onelie, sweete heart, came I hither, / And to auoide the troblous stormie weather; / But now the coaste is cleare, we will be gonne, / Since, but thy self, true louer I haue none." / With that she sprung full lightlie to my lips / And fast about the neck me colle's, and clips ...

What, fifty of my followers at a clap!

When we had sufficiently graduated our advances towards the main point, by toying, kissing, clipping, feeling my breasts, now round and plump, feeling that part of me I might call a furnace-mouth, from the prodigious intense heat his fiery touches had rekindled there, my young sportsman, embolden'd by every freedom he could wish, wantonly takes my hand, and carries it to that enormous machine of his

White thy fambles, red thy gan / And thy quarrons dainty is. / Couch a hogshead with me then. / In the darkmans clip and kiss.

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

She reads at a pretty good clip.

He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does clip mean?

Clip means To grip tightly..

What is a synonym for clip?

Common synonyms include whack, cutting, snippet, bit.

What is the opposite of clip?

Possible antonyms include unclip.

How do you use clip in a sentence?

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

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.