clip
To grip tightlyTo grip tightly.
» Tom clipped his fingernails.
Том підстриг нігті.
Том підстриг нігті на руках.
Meaning
17 sensesTo grip tightly.
festklemmen, klammern
зажима́тьzažimátʹ, зажа́тьzažátʹ, закрепля́тьzakrepljátʹ
To fasten with a clip.
Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.
klemmen, klammern
закрепля́тьzakrepljátʹ, закрепи́тьzakrepítʹ
attach with a clip
(slang)To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
She clipped my hair with her scissors.
Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.
стричьstričʹ, постри́чьpostríčʹ
To curtail; to cut short.
(dialectal, informal)To strike with the hand.
I’ll clip ye round the lugs!
To hit or strike, especially in passing.
The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.
To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
(ambitransitive)To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
The camera keeps clipping that ceiling.
Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns.
(slang)To assassinate; to bump off.
Examples
97 sentencesTom clipped his fingernails.
Том підстриг нігті. — deniko
Can you pick a lock with a paper clip?
deKriegst du ein Schloß mit einer Büroklammer auf? — Waldelfe
A note was attached to the document with a paper clip.
ruЗаписка была прикреплена к документу скрепкой. — souris_qui_rit
deAn dem Dokument war mit einer Büroklammer eine Notiz befestigt. — samueldora
Do you have a paper clip?
ruУ вас есть скрепка для бумаги? — sharptoothed
deHast du eine Büroklammer? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do we have any paper clips?
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace,From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”).
From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”).
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Forms
clips, clipping, clipped, clippedSynonyms
15 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle