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Clip

noun

1.

A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun. Synonyms: cartridge clip, cartridge holder, magazine.

2.

An instance or single occasion for some event. Synonym: time. "He called four times" , "He could do ten at a clip"

3.

Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together.

4.

An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress.

5.

The act of clipping or snipping. Synonyms: clipping, snip.

6.

A sharp slanting blow.

verb

(past & past part. clipped; pres. part. clipping)

1.

Sever or remove by pinching or snipping. Synonyms: nip, nip off, snip, snip off.

2.

Run at a moderately swift pace. Synonyms: jog, trot.

3.

Attach with a clip. Antonym: unclip.

4.

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of. Synonyms: crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim.

5.

Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent. Synonyms: curtail, cut short. "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

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"Clip" Quotes from Famous Books

... north, there seem to be three strata of language. In the valleys the Italian was pure, resonant, and foreign to me. There dwell the townsmen, and they deal down river with the plains. Half-way up (as at Frangi, at Beduzzo, at Tizzano) I began to understand them. They have the nasal 'n'; they clip their words. On the summits, at last, they speak like northerners, and I was easily understood, for they said not 'vino' but 'vin'; not 'duo' but 'du', and so forth. They are the Gauls of the hills. I told them so, and they ...

— The Path to Rome • Hilaire Belloc

... of princes! How much cross-grained wood a little gypsum covers! a little carmine quite beautifies! Wet your forefinger with your spittle; stick a broken gold-leaf on the sinciput; clip off a beggar's beard to make it tresses; kiss it; fall down before it; worship it. Are you not irradiated by the light of its countenance? Princes! princes! Italian princes! Estes! What matters that costly ...

— Imaginary Conversations and Poems - A Selection • Walter Savage Landor

... again half quelled by the power she felt in the man. From the streets below came up the constant roll of wheels and 'clip-clop' of hoofs from passing broughams, intermingled now and then with shouts and shrill whistles telling of early departures from sundry ...

— The Giant's Robe • F. Anstey

... Vincent, you're off in high gear, all right. Matrimony and gushers, all at one clip! Lemme get my breath. Have you put ...

— Torchy and Vee • Sewell Ford

... canine assistant, Ladie. Arrived among the flock, the shepherd pointed out a diseased animal; and making the accustomed signal for the dog to capture it, "poor Mailie" was speedily sprawling on her back, and gently held down by the dog till the arrival of her keeper, who proceeded to clip off a portion of her wool, and apply the healing balsam. During the operation, Ladie continued to gaze on the operator with close attention; and the sheep having been released, he was directed to capture ...

— Anecdotes of Dogs • Edward Jesse

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