EGAVE

clip

About 4.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To grip tightly.
  2. verb To fasten with a clip.
    Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.
  3. verb To hug, embrace.
  4. verb To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
  5. noun Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
    Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.
  6. noun An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
    She reads at a pretty good clip.
  7. noun An embrace.
  8. noun A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.

Similar words

curtail lop snip trim cut short cut back jog dress trot magazine

Often followed by

art the and to in of is on from

Word family

clipped clipping clips

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