Dictionary entry details
• CLIP (noun)
Meaning:
A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
clip; cartridge holder; cartridge clip; magazine
Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):
supply chamber (a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clip"):
pincurl clip (a variety of clip for holding pin curls)
Holonyms ("clip" is a part of...):
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
Meaning:
An instance or single occasion for some event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
time; clip
Context examples:
this time he succeeded / he called four times / he could do ten at a clip
Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):
case; example; instance (an occurrence of something)
Meaning:
Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):
fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clip"):
gem clip; paper clip; paperclip (a wire or plastic clip for holding sheets of paper together)
hair slide (a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place)
alligator clip; bulldog clip (a clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws)
bicycle clip; trouser clip (a clip worn around a cyclist's ankles that keeps trousers from becoming caught in the bicycle chain)
Meaning:
An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):
jewellery; jewelry (an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems))
Meaning:
The act of clipping or snipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
snip; clipping; clip
Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):
cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by choping off the ends)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clip"):
nip; pinch (a small sharp bite or snip)
Meaning:
A sharp slanting blow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he gave me a clip on the ear
Hypernyms ("clip" is a kind of...):
blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)
• CLIP (verb)
Meaning:
Sever or remove by pinching or snipping
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
snip off; snip; nip off; clip; nip
Context example:
nip off the flowers
Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Run at a moderately swift pace
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
trot; clip; jog
Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):
run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Attach with a clip
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
clip the papers together
Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
unclip (remove the clip from)
Meaning:
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
prune; snip; lop; cut back; clip; crop; trim; dress
Context example:
dress the plants in the garden
Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):
thin out (make sparse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clip"):
shear (cut with shears)
poll; pollard (convert into a pollard)
pinch; top (cut the top off)
disbud (thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
curtail; cut short; clip
Context examples:
My speech was cut short / Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
Hypernyms (to "clip" is one way to...):
shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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