| NOUN | artifact | clip, cartridge holder, cartridge clip, magazine | a metal frame or container holding cartridges |
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| event | clip, time | an instance or single occasion for some event | |
| artifact | clip | any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together | |
| artifact | clip | an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress | |
| act | clip, clipping, snip | the act of clipping / clipping or snipping / snipping | |
| act | clip | a sharp slanting blow | |
| VERB | contact | clip, nip, nip off, snip, snip off | sever or remove by pinching or snipping / snipping |
| motion | clip, trot, jog | run at a moderately swift pace | |
| contact | clip | attach with a clip | |
| contact | clip, snip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | |
| change | clip, curtail, cut short | terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end / end or its full extent |
| Sounds | klih'p | |
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| Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp... | |
| Meaning | A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun. | |
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| Synonyms | cartridge holder, cartridge clip, magazine | |
| Part of | gun | A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) |
| Narrower | pincurl clip | A variety of clip for holding pin curls |
| Broader | supply chamber | A mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed |
| Spanish | cargador, cartuchera, clip | |
| Catalan | clip | |
| Meaning | An instance or single occasion for some event. | |
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| Example | "he could do ten at a clip" | |
| Synonym | time | |
| Broader | case, instance, example | An occurrence of something |
| Spanish | ocasión, vez | |
| Catalan | cop, ocasió, vegada | |
| Meaning | Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | bicycle clip, trouser clip | A clip worn around a cyclist's ankles that keeps trousers from becoming caught in the bicycle chain |
| bulldog clip, alligator clip | A clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws | |
| hair slide | A decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place | |
| paper clip, paperclip, gem clip | A wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together | |
| Broader | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing | restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place |
| Spanish | clip | |
| Catalan | clip | |
| Verbs | clip | attach with a clip |
| Meaning | An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress. | |
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| Broader | jewelry, jewellery | An adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) |
| Meaning | The act of clipping / clipping or snipping / snipping. | |
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| Synonyms | clipping, snip | |
| Narrower | nip, pinch | A small sharp bite or snip |
| Broader | cut, cutting, cutting off | The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends |
| Spanish | rapadura, rapamiento, tijerada | |
| Catalan | esquilada, pelada, rapada, xollada | |
| Verbs | clip | sever or remove by pinching or snipping / snipping |
| clip | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | |
| Meaning | A sharp slanting blow. | |
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| Example | "he gave me a clip on the ear" | |
| Broader | blow | A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon |
| Spanish | torta | |
| Meaning | sever or remove by pinching or snipping / snipping. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | nip, nip off, snip, snip off | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | cortar, tijeretear | |
| Catalan | retallar, tallar | |
| Nouns | clip, clipping | the act of clipping / clipping or snipping / snipping |
| clipper | scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural) | |
| clipper | shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) | |
| Meaning | Run at a moderately swift pace. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | trot, jog | |
| Broader | run | Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time |
| Spanish | trotar | |
| Catalan | trotar | |
| Meaning | attach with a clip. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "clip the papers together" | |
| Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
| Opposite | unclip | Remove the clip from |
| Catalan | subjectar amb uu clip | |
| Nouns | clip | any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together |
| Meaning | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | snip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back | |
| Narrower | disbud | thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers |
| poll, pollard | convert into a pollard | |
| shear | cut with shears | |
| top, pinch | cut the top off | |
| Broader | thin out | make sparse |
| Spanish | podar | |
| Catalan | esporgar, podar | |
| Nouns | clip | the act of clipping / clipping or snipping / snipping |
| clipper | shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) | |
| clipping | cutting down to the desired size or shape | |
| Meaning | terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end / end or its full extent. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | curtail, cut short | |
| Broader | shorten | make shorter / shorter than originally / originally intended |
| Spanish | acortar, atajar, diminuir, recortar | |
| Catalan | atallar, escurçar, fer drecera, retallar | |
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