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clip

/ˈklɪp/

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noun

plural clips

[count] a usually small piece of metal or plastic that holds things together or keeps things in place

hair clips

a tie clip [=a piece of metal that holds together the ends of a necktie]

He uses a money clip instead of a wallet. - see also paper clip

a container that is filled with bullets and that is placed inside a gun so that the bullets can be fired

an ammunition clip - compare 3clip

verb

clips; clipped; clipping

[+ obj] :to hold (two or more things) together with a clip

clip the papers together

to attach (something) to or onto something else with a clip [+ obj]

He clipped the keys to her belt.

Clip this microphone onto your shirt. [no obj]

The radio clips to/onto a belt. - compare 4clip

noun

plural clips

[count] :a short section of a movie, TV show, etc.

Here's a clip from his new movie.

video/audio clips

[count] US :an article that has been cut out of a newspaper or magazine :clipping

a pile of press clips about her son

[singular] :the speed at which something happens

The market is growing at a clip [=rate] of five percent a year.

If something moves or happens at a fast/rapid/steady/good clip, it moves or happens quickly.

The train was moving at a good clip.

[singular] US informal :one time or instance

He makes up to $1,000 a clip.

usually used in the phrase at a clip

She can bicycle 30 miles at a clip.

[singular] Brit informal :a quick and painful hit with the hand

She gave him a clip round the ear. [=she hit him on the ear] - compare 1clip

verb

clips; clipped; clipping

[+ obj] to make (something) shorter or neater by cutting off small pieces

She's outside clipping [=trimming] the hedges/bushes.

clipping the tips of their cigars

closely clipped grass

The bird's wings have been clipped so that it can't fly away. - see also clip someone's wings at 1wing

to cut (an article, a picture, etc.) out of a newspaper or magazine

She clipped (out) several recipes from the magazine.

clipping coupons

to hit the side of (something) while going past it

The car skidded off the road and clipped a tree. - compare 2clip

* Các từ tương tự:
clip joint, clipboard, clip-clop, clip-on, clipped, clipper, clipping