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1. A metal frame or container holding ammunition that feeds a repeating firearm
   - cartridge holder, cartridge clip, magazine
    
2. An instance or single occasion for some event
   "he could do ten at a clip";
   - time
    
3. Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
    
4. An article of jewellery that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
    
5. The act of clipping or snipping
   - clipping, snip
    
6. A sharp slanting blow
   "he gave me a clip on the ear"

1. Cut or sever by pinching or cutting with small strokes of scissors, pruning shears, etc.
   "clip off the flowers";
   - nip, nip off, snip, snip off
    
2. Run at a moderately swift pace
   - trot, jog
    
3. Attach with a clip
   "clip the papers together"
    
4. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   "clip the plants in the garden";
   - snip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
    
5. Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
   "Personal freedom is clipped in many countries";
   - curtail, cut short
    
6. (computing) discard data outside a specific range of values, or assign out-of-range values to the nearest value in range; remove parts of an image etc. outside a given area

Derived forms: clips, clipping, clipped

Type of: attach, blow, case, cut, cutting, cutting off, example, fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast, instance, jewellery [Brit, Cdn], jewelry [N. Amer], run, shorten, supply chamber, thin out

Antonym: unclip

Part of: gun

Encyclopedia: Clip, Arizona