clip
To grip tightly.
Verb 4 meanings
To grip tightly.
To fasten with a clip.
“Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.”
To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
“She clipped my hair with her scissors.”
To curtail; to cut short.
Noun 4 meanings
Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
“Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.”
An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
“She reads at a pretty good clip.”
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.
A removable magazine of a firearm.
Etymology
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”).
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CLIP at a glance
CLIP has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + I 1 + P 3) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,501 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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