clip
verb/klɪp/
/klɪp/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they clip | /klɪp/ /klɪp/ |
| he / she / it clips | /klɪps/ /klɪps/ |
| past simple clipped | /klɪpt/ /klɪpt/ |
| past participle clipped | /klɪpt/ /klɪpt/ |
| -ing form clipping | /ˈklɪpɪŋ/ /ˈklɪpɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to fasten something to something else with a clip; to be fastened with a clip
- clip something + adv./prep. He clipped the microphone (on) to his collar.
- Clip the pages together.
- + adv./prep. Do those earrings clip on?
- [transitive] to cut something with scissors or shears, in order to make it shorter or neater; to remove something from somewhere by cutting it off
- clip something to clip a hedge
- clip something from something/off (something) He clipped off a length of wire.
Extra Examples- He clipped off a piece of wire with the pliers.
- His hair had been clipped as closely as possible to the scalp.
- The trees had been clipped into formal shapes.
- [transitive] to hit the edge or side of something
- clip something The car clipped the kerb as it turned.
- clip something + adv./prep. She clipped the ball into the net.
- [transitive] clip something (out of/from something) to cut something out of something else using scissors
- to clip a coupon (out of the paper)
Word Originverb sense 1 Old English clyppan (verb), of West Germanic origin. The noun use dates from the late 15th cent. verb senses 2 to 4 Middle English: from Old Norse klippa, probably imitative.
Idioms
See clip in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryclip somebody’s wings
- to limit a person’s freedom or power
- Having a new baby to take care of has clipped her wings.
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