1. Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
   "He used a binder clip to keep the stack of papers organized"
    
2. A metal frame or container holding ammunition that feeds a repeating firearm
   "He kept spare cartridge clips in his tactical vest for quick reloads";
   - cartridge holder, cartridge clip, magazine
    
3. An article of jewellery that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
   "She adorned her hat with a vintage rhinestone clip"
    
4. The act of clipping or snipping
   "his hair needed a clip";
   - snip
    
5. A sharp slanting blow
   "he gave me a clip on the ear"
    
6. An instance or single occasion for some event
   "he could do ten at a clip";
   - time
    
7. [informal] A fast speed
   "the action unfolded at a great clip";
   - lick [Brit, informal]

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. Attach with a clip
   "clip the papers together"
    
3. Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
   "Personal freedom is clipped in many countries";
   - curtail, cut short
    
4. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   "clip the plants in the garden";
   - snip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
    
5. [informal] Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
   "the double agent was clipped";
   - neutralize, neutralise [Brit], liquidate, waste [informal], knock off [informal], do in [informal], whack [informal], take out [informal]
    
6. (computing) discard data outside a specific range of values, or assign out-of-range values to the nearest value in range
   "The function clips values to the range 0-255"
    
7. (computing, image processing) remove parts of an image or other data outside a specified area
   "They clipped the background from the portrait"
    
8. Run at a moderately swift pace
   "The horse clipped along the trail";
   - trot, jog

Derived forms: clipped, clips, clipping

See also: bump off [informal], croak [informal], despatch [Brit], dispatch, murder, off [N. Amer, informal], polish off [informal], slay [literary]

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

Antonym: unclip

Part of: gun

Encyclopedia: Clip, Arizona