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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
clip
clip [clip clips clipped clipping] noun, verb BrE [klɪp] NAmE [klɪp]
noun
1. countable (often in compounds)a small metal or plastic object used for holding things together or in place
•a hair clip
•toe clips on a bicycle
see also ↑bicycle clip, ↑Bulldog clip, ↑paper clip
2. countable a piece of jewellery that fastens to your clothes
•a diamond clip
3. singular the act of cutting sth to make it shorter
•He gave the hedge a clip.
4. countable a short part of a film/movie that is shown separately
•Here is a clip from her latest movie.
5. countable (BrE, informal)a quick hit with your hand
•She gave him a clip round the ear for being cheeky.
6. countable a set of bullets in a metal container that is placed in or attached to a gun for firing
Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and n. sense 6 v. sense 1 Old English clyppan West Germanic n. senses 3 to 5 and v. senses 2 to 4 Middle English Old Norse klippa
Example Bank:
•Paper clips held the picture in place.
•She put a clip in her hair.
•You will see in this clip how well she acts.
•a clip from a Sherlock Holmes movie
•The documentary began with a clip from the President's inauguration speech.
Idioms: at a fast/good/steady clip ▪ ↑clip somebody's wings
Derived: ↑clip something off something
verb (-pp-)
1. transitive, intransitive to fasten sth to sth else with a ↑clip; to be fastened with a ↑clip
•~ sth + adv./prep. He clipped the microphone (on) to his collar.
•Clip the pages together.
•+ adv./prep. Do those earrings clip on?
2. transitive to cut sth with scissors or ↑shears, in order to make it shorter or neater; to remove sth from somewhere by cutting it off
•~ sth to clip a hedge
•~ sth from sth/off (sth) He clipped off a length of wire.
3. transitive to hit the edge or side of sth
•~ sth The car clipped the kerb as it turned.
•~ sth + adv./prep. She clipped the ball into the net.
4. transitive ~ sth (out of/from sth) to cut sth out of sth else using scissors
•to clip a coupon (out of the paper)
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and n. sense 6 v. sense 1 Old English clyppan West Germanic n. senses 3 to 5 and v. senses 2 to 4 Middle English Old Norse klippa
Example Bank:
•He clipped off a piece of wire with the pliers.
•His hair had been clipped as closely as possible to the scalp.
•The trees had been clipped into formal shapes.
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