|  clip 
  
 
 1. a metal frame or container holding cartridges;
 can be inserted into an automatic gun (Freq. 2)
 • Syn:
 cartridge holder, cartridge clip, magazine
 • Hypernyms:
 supply chamber
 • Hyponyms:
 pincurl clip
 • Part Holonyms:
 gun
 2. an instance or single occasion for some event (Freq. 1)
 - this time he succeeded
 - he called four times
 - he could do ten at a clip
 • Syn:
 time
 • Hypernyms:
 case, instance, example
 3. any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together (Freq. 1)
 • Hypernyms:
 fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
 • Hyponyms:
 bicycle clip, trouser clip, bulldog clip, alligator clip, hair slide,
 paper clip, paperclip, gem clip
 4. an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
 • Hypernyms:
 jewelry, jewellery
 5. the act of clipping or snipping
 • Syn:
 clipping, snip
 • Derivationally related forms:
 snip (for: snip), clip (for: clipping)
 • Hypernyms:
 cut, cutting, cutting off
 • Hyponyms:
 nip, pinch
 6. a sharp slanting blow
 - he gave me a clip on the ear
 • Hypernyms:
 blow
 
 1. sever or remove by pinching or snipping (Freq. 2)
 - nip off the flowers
 • Syn:
 nip, nip off, snip, snip off
 • Derivationally related forms:
 snip (for: snip), snipping (for: snip), clipper, clipping
 • Hypernyms:
 cut
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 - Something ----s somebody
 - Something ----s something
 2. run at a moderately swift pace
 • Syn:
 trot, jog
 • Derivationally related forms:
 jog (for: jog), jogger (for: jog), jogging (for: jog), trot (for: trot), trotter (for: trot)
 • Hypernyms:
 run
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s PP
 3. attach with a clip
 - clip the papers together
 • Ant:
 unclip
 • Hypernyms:
 attach
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something PP
 4. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
 - dress the plants in the garden
 • Syn:
 snip, crop, trim, lop, dress,
 prune, cut back
 • Derivationally related forms:
 pruner (for: prune), pruning (for: prune), lopper (for: lop), trim (for: trim), trimmer (for: trim), trimming (for: trim), crop (for: crop), clipper, clipping, snip (for: snip)
 • Hypernyms:
 thin out
 • Hyponyms:
 shear, poll, pollard, top, pinch, disbud
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Something ----s something
 5. 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
 • Syn:
 curtail, cut short
 • Derivationally related forms:
 curtailment (for: curtail)
 • Hypernyms:
 shorten
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Something ----s something
 
 
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