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clips (Meaning)

clips

shears, to cut off or trim the hair or wool of, a device that grips, clasps, or hooks, to clip something, excise entry 3, to cut off the distal or outer part of, a clipping especially from a newspaper, a device used to arrest bleeding from vessels or tissues during operations, a crop of wool of a sheep, a flock, or a region, to hold in a tight grip, the product of a single shearing (as of sheep), to cut items out of (a publication, such as a newspaper), to abbreviate in speech or writing, any of various devices that grip, clasp, or hook, curtail, diminish, a single instance or occasion, something (such as a piece of jewelry) that is worn as an ornament or fastener and that is held in position by a clip, magazine sense 4a, to fasten with a clip, a two-bladed instrument for cutting especially the nails, a rapid pace, rate sense 1a, to clip an opposing player in football, something that is clipped, a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles, an act of clipping, a sharp blow, a device for loading cartridges into a firearm, to clasp, fasten, or secure with a clip, a 2-bladed instrument for cutting especially the nails, encompass, a piece of jewelry held by a clip, to travel or pass rapidly, to take money from unfairly or dishonestly especially by overcharging, to illegally block (an opposing player) in football, to cut or cut off with or as if with shears, to strike in passing, hit, punch, a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm, a section of filmed, videotaped, or recorded material

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clips Sentence Examples

  1. The hairdresser used sharp clips to section the customer's hair.
  2. The accountant secured the stack of documents with metal clips.
  3. The photographer attached a filter to the camera lens with a clip.
  4. The chef used clothespins as makeshift clips to hold the bags of potato chips closed.
  5. The seamstress pinned the fabric together with clips before sewing.
  6. The toddler entertained himself by attaching and removing clips to his toy train.
  7. The students used paper clips to mark their spots in the textbook.
  8. The teacher quizzed her students on the different types of clips used in carpentry.
  9. The hiker used clips to secure his water bottle to his backpack.
  10. The musicians attached their sheet music to their music stands with bulldog clips.

FAQs About the word clips

shears, to cut off or trim the hair or wool of, a device that grips, clasps, or hooks, to clip something, excise entry 3, to cut off the distal or outer part of

pounds, strokes, knocks, slaps, whacks, licks, bangs, hits, hooks, spanks

lengthens,extends,elongates,

The hairdresser used sharp clips to section the customer's hair.

The accountant secured the stack of documents with metal clips.

The photographer attached a filter to the camera lens with a clip.

The chef used clothespins as makeshift clips to hold the bags of potato chips closed.

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