clips
/klɪps/noun
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Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
Example: Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.
An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
Example: He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.
An embrace.
A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
verb
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To grip tightly.
To fasten with a clip.
Example: Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.
To hug, embrace.
To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
noun
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Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
Example: I went into the salon to get a clip.
The condition of something, its state.
Example: Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!
A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
Example: Give him a clip round the ear!
verb
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To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
Example: Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.
To curtail; to cut short.
To strike with the hand.
Example: I'll clip ye round the lugs!
To hit or strike, especially in passing.
Example: The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.