Meaning

2 senses
  1. A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together.

    Büroklammer, Klammer

    канцеля́рская скре́пкаkanceljárskaja skrépka, скре́пкаskrépka

    канцеля́рська скрі́пкаkanceljársʹka skrípka, скрі́пкаskrípka

    a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together

  2. (US, humorous)Listed after an amount of money to emphasize a lack of resources.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Can you pick a lock with a paper clip?

    deKriegst du ein Schloß mit einer Büroklammer auf?

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  2. A note was attached to the document with a paper clip.

    ruЗаписка была прикреплена к документу скрепкой.

    deAn dem Dokument war mit einer Büroklammer eine Notiz befestigt.

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  3. Do you have a paper clip?

    ruУ вас есть скрепка для бумаги?

    deHast du eine Büroklammer?

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  4. Do we have any paper clips?

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  5. Please buy some paper clips.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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paper clip:
Deutsch
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Forms

plural: paper clips

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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