clip

Pronunciation

• enPR: klĭp, IPA ^(key): /klɪp/
• SAMPA: /klIp/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

Singular clip

Plural clips

A clip holds bullets

1. (countable) A clip is a small item to hold things on to another.

   We need more clips to hang the laundry.

2. (countable) Clip is another word for video.

   The clip that we saw just now was very touching.

3. (countable) A clip is a container that is attached to a gun and holds the bullets for the gun, to be inserted into the magazine. Bullets leave the clip and go into the gun for firing.

Verb

Plain form clip

Third-person singular clips

Past tense clipped

Past participle clipped

Present participle clipping

1. (transitive) To use a clipper to hold something tightly.

   It is important to clip your laundry properly on a windy day.

2. If you clip something, you cut it with scissors or shears.

   She clipped my hair with her scissors.

3. (computing) If you clip a video, you process it by removing a certain, usually wanted, part of the video.

   He clipped the part of the video where it shows nothing.