Clip | Mean of clip in English Dictionary

/ˈklɪp/

• Noun
• a usually small piece of metal or plastic that holds things together or keeps things in place
1. hair clips
2. a tie clip [=a piece of metal that holds together the ends of a necktie]
3. He uses a money clip instead of a wallet.
• a container that is filled with bullets and that is placed inside a gun so that the bullets can be fired
1. an ammunition clip
• Verb
• to hold (two or more things) together with a clip
1. clip the papers together

• to attach (something) to or onto something else with a clip
1. He clipped the keys to her belt.
2. Clip this microphone onto your shirt.
3. The radio clips to/onto a belt.
• Noun
• a short section of a movie, TV show, etc.
1. Here's a clip from his new movie.
2. video/audio clips
• an article that has been cut out of a newspaper or magazine
1. a pile of press clips about her son
• the speed at which something happens
1. The market is growing at a clip [=rate] of five percent a year.
2. The train was moving at a good clip.
• one time or instance
1. He makes up to $1,000 a clip.
2. She can bicycle 30 miles at a clip.
• a quick and painful hit with the hand
1. She gave him a clip round the ear. [=she hit him on the ear]
• Verb
• to make (something) shorter or neater by cutting off small pieces
1. She's outside clipping [=trimming] the hedges/bushes.
2. clipping the tips of their cigars
3. closely clipped grass
4. The bird's wings have been clipped so that it can't fly away.
• to cut (an article, a picture, etc.) out of a newspaper or magazine
1. She clipped (out) several recipes from the magazine.
2. clipping coupons
• to hit the side of (something) while going past it
1. The car skidded off the road and clipped a tree.