clip

1. (noun) a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
Related Words: blow

2. (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"
Synonyms: curtail, cut short
Related Words: shorten

3. (noun) the act of clipping or snipping
Synonyms: clipping, snip
Related Words: cut, cutting, cutting off

4. (verb) attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"
Related Words: attach
Antonyms: unclip

5. (noun) any of various small implements used to hold loose articles together
Related Words: alligator clip, bulldog clip, fastener, fastening, gem clip, hair slide, holdfast, paperclip

6. (noun) an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
Related Words: jewellery, jewelry

7. (verb) cut back the growth of, of bushes and trees
Synonyms: crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim
Related Words: disbud, pinch, poll, pollard, shear, thin out, top

8. (noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; "This time he succeeded"; "He called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
Synonyms: time
Related Words: case, example, instance

9. (verb) sever or remove by pinching of snipping; "nip off the flowers"
Synonyms: nip, nip off, snip, snip off
Related Words: cut

10. (verb) run at a moderately swift pace
Synonyms: jog, trot
Related Words: run

11. (noun) a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
Synonyms: cartridge clip, cartridge holder, magazine
Related Words: pincurl clip, supply chamber



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