clip
Something which clips or graspsSomething which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
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» Tom clipped his fingernails.
Том підстриг нігті. — deniko
Том підстриг нігті на руках. — deniko
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16 sensesSomething which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.
Klips, Clips, Klammer
скре́пкаskrépka, зажи́мzažím, скоба́skobá
скрі́пкаskrípka, затиска́чzatyskáč, за́тискzátysk
An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
She reads at a pretty good clip.
He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.
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.
Ladestreifen
обоймаobojma
(colloquial, proscribed)A removable magazine of a firearm.
A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
(Scotland, UK)A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
(countable, uncountable)Something which has been clipped from a larger whole
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
(countable, uncountable)The product of a single shearing of sheep.
(countable, uncountable)A season's crop of wool.
(countable, uncountable)A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video.
The morning news today played a clip of last night's debate.
The 100th episode of Seinfeld consisted of clips from previous episodes.
(countable, uncountable)A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio).
(countable, uncountable)A newspaper clipping.
the act of clipping or snipping
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
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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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