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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