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Clips

noun
/klɪps/
Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.nounSomething which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
"Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form."
2.nounAn 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."
3.nounAn embrace.
4.nounA frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
5.nounA 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.
6.nounA gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
7.verbTo grip tightly.
8.verbTo fasten with a clip.
"Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go."
9.verbTo hug, embrace.
10.verbTo collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
11.nounSomething which has been clipped from a larger whole:
12.nounAn act of clipping, such as a haircut.
"I went into the salon to get a clip."
13.nounThe condition of something, its state.
"Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!"
14.nounA blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
"Give him a clip round the ear!"
15.verbTo cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
"Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper."
16.verbTo curtail; to cut short.
17.verbTo strike with the hand.
"I'll clip ye round the lugs!"
18.verbTo hit or strike, especially in passing.
"The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost."
19.verbAn 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.
20.verbTo cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
21.verbTo discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
22.verb(Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
"Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns."
23.verbTo cheat, swindle, or fleece.
24.verbTo grab or take stealthily

Synonyms

curtaillopsniptrimcut shortcut backjogdresstrotmagazinenipcrop

Rhymes With

eclipsecome to gripsrelationshipstipsquipshipslipsannular eclipse
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