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(noun) a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear" |
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Related Words: blow |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: curtail, cut short |
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Related Words: shorten |
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(noun) the act of clipping or snipping |
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Synonyms: clipping, snip |
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Related Words: cut, cutting, cutting off |
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(verb) attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" |
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Related Words: attach |
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Antonyms: unclip |
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(noun) any of various small implements used to hold loose articles together |
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Related Words: alligator clip, bulldog clip, fastener, fastening, gem clip, hair slide, holdfast, paperclip |
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(noun) an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress |
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Related Words: jewellery, jewelry |
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(verb) cut back the growth of, of bushes and trees |
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Synonyms: crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim |
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Related Words: disbud, pinch, poll, pollard, shear, thin out, top |
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(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; "This time he succeeded"; "He called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip" |
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Synonyms: time |
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Related Words: case, example, instance |
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(verb) sever or remove by pinching of snipping; "nip off the flowers" |
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Synonyms: nip, nip off, snip, snip off |
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Related Words: cut |
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(verb) run at a moderately swift pace |
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Synonyms: jog, trot |
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Related Words: run |
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(noun) a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun |
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Synonyms: cartridge clip, cartridge holder, magazine |
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Related Words: pincurl clip, supply chamber |
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