clip

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: klĭp, IPA(key): /klɪp/, [kʰl̥ɪp] Rhymes: -ɪp === Etymology 1 === 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”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”). ==== Verb ==== clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipped) To grip tightly. To fasten with a clip. (archaic) To hug, embrace. (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== clip (plural clips) Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace. (obsolete) An embrace. (military) 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. (military, colloquial, proscribed) A removable magazine of a firearm. A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak. 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse The heel - clips are two clips at the heels of the side bars , which correspond to the toe - clip ; the latter embracing the toe of the crust , whilst the former embrace its heels (fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Japanese: クリップ (kurippu) → Portuguese: clipe ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”). ==== Verb ==== clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipt or clipped) To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc. To curtail; to cut short. (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand. To hit or strike, especially in passing. (American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play. (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value. (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it. (computer graphics, video games, ambitransitive) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier). (slang) To assassinate; to bump off. Synonym: whack (slang, transitive) To cheat, swindle, or fleece. (slang, transitive) to grab or take stealthily. To make a clip; to cut a section of video from a film, broadcast, or other longer video. (surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== clip (countable and uncountable, plural clips) Something which has been clipped from a larger whole: Synonyms: cutting, snippet; see also Thesaurus:piece The product of a single shearing of sheep. A season's crop of wool. A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video. Synonym: video clip A short piece of audio (shortened version of audio clip, or alternatively clipping of audio). Synonyms: audio clip, sound bite, sound clip A newspaper clipping. An act of clipping, such as a haircut. (uncountable, Geordie) The condition of something, its state. (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== Frank Graham, editor (1987), “CLIP”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. National Football League (2007). Official Rules of the National Football League 2007. Triumph Books. === Anagrams === ILPC == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from English clip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈklip] === Noun === clip m (plural clips) paper clip hairclip === Further reading === “clip”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “clip”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == French == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from clip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klip/ === Noun === clip m (plural clips) music video clip-on (earring) ==== Derived terms ==== vidéoclip === Further reading === “clip”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Irish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === clip (present analytic clipeann, future analytic clipfidh, verbal noun clipeadh, past participle clipthe) (transitive) prick; tease, torment (transitive) tire, wear, out ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “clip”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “clip”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “clip”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English clip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklip/ Rhymes: -ip Hyphenation: clìp === Noun === clip m (invariable) clip paper clip === References === == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English clip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klip/ === Noun === clip n (plural clipuri) clip (video) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English clip. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklip/ [ˈklip] Rhymes: -ip Syllabification: clip === Noun === clip m (plural clips) paper clip Synonym: sujetapapeles clip (something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.) pendientes de clip ― clip earrings (firearms) clip (frame containing a number of bullets) Synonym: fragmento === Further reading === “clip”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === (humorous) cờ nhíp (mimicking stereotypical Northern shift /l/ > /ɲ/) === Etymology === From English clip. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [klip̚˧˦], [kəː˨˩ lip̚˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [klip̚˦˧˥], [kəː˦˩ lip̚˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [klip̚˦˥], [kəː˨˩ lip̚˦˥] Phonetic spelling: clíp, cờ líp === Noun === clip clip (video)