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Synonyms for clip

Grammar : Verb
Spell : klip
Phonetic Transcription : klɪp

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Définition of clip

Origin :
  • "to cut or sever with a sharp instrument," c.1200, from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse klippa, Swedish klippa, Danish klippe "clip, shear, cut") probably echoic. Related: Clipped; clipping.
  • Meaning "to pronounce short" is from 1520s. The verb has a long association with shady activities, originally especially in reference to cutting or shaving metal from coins (c.1400), but later extended to swindles from the sense "to shear sheep," hence clip-joint "place that overcharges outrageously" (1933, American English, a term from Prohibition). To clip (someone's) wings figuratively (1590s) is from the method of preventing a captive bird from flying.
  • verb cut short
  • verb punch
Example sentences :
  • If I should be caught and brought back, they'd clip my wings and brand me for life.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • All the mathematics 56 she needs is enough to count her sheep and figure her clip.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • He felt the clip board being pushed into his hand, then glanced down.
  • Extract from : « Decision » by Frank M. Robinson
  • When I hooked him he started out to sea at a clip that smoked the line off my reel.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • It's been comin' his way ever since he was big enough to clip a coupon.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • The thick end of the rod of quartz is held in the fingers or occasionally in a clip.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • Get my shears, sweeting, and I'll clip this lion's mane of hair.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
  • "Don't let any German clip that mole off, Earl," warned Dubois.
  • Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay
  • I'll clip his wings, he shall not fly, I'll rid the land of him, or else I'll die.
  • Extract from : « The Peace Egg and Other tales » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • We were now within range, and must clip her wings if possible.
  • Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various

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