(clips, clipping, clipped)
1.
A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
She took the clip out of her hair.
N-COUNT
2.
When you clip things together or when things clip together, you fasten them together using a clip or clips.
He clipped his safety belt to a fitting on the deck...
He clipped his cufflinks neatly in place.
...an electronic pen which clips to the casing...
His flashlight was still clipped to his belt.
VERB: V n to/on n, V n prep/adv, V to n, V-ed
3.
A clip from a film or a radio or television programme is a short piece of it that is broadcast separately.
...a clip from the movie 'Shane'.
N-COUNT: oft n N, N from/of n
4.
If you clip something, you cut small pieces from it, especially in order to shape it.
I saw an old man out clipping his hedge...
VERB: V n
5.
If you clip something out of a newspaper or magazine, you cut it out.
Kids in his neighborhood clipped his picture from the newspaper and carried it around.
VERB: V n from/out of n
6.
If something clips something else, it hits it accidentally at an angle before moving off in a different direction.
The lorry clipped the rear of a tanker and then crashed into a second truck.
VERB: V n
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