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Clip : (noun)
1: a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be
inserted into an automatic gun [syn: cartridge holder,
cartridge clip, magazine]
2: an instance or single occasion for some event; "this time he
succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a
clip" [syn: time]
3: any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles
together
4: an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or
dress
5: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clipping, snip]
6: a sharp slanting blow; "he gave me a clip on the ear"
(verb)
1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the
flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, snip, snip off]
2: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog]
3: attach with a clip; "clip the papers together" [ant: unclip]
4: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
plants in the garden" [syn: snip, crop, trim, lop,
dress, prune, cut back]
5: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or
its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal
freedom is curtailed in many countries" [syn: curtail, cut
short]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Clip : \Clip\, n.
1. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing,
clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.
2. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in
salmon fishing. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
3. A rapid gait. ``A three-minute clip.'' --Kipling.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Clip : \Clip\ (kl[i^]p), v. i.
To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.
Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind.
--Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Clip : \Clip\, n.
1. An embrace. --Sir P. Sidney.
2. A cutting; a shearing.
3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop
of wool.
4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron
strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. --Knight.
6. (Far.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a
horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of
the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak. --Youatt.
7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.
[Colloq. U. S.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Clip : \Clip\ (kl[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clipped (kl[i^]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to
embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs,
shears, Icel, kl[=y]pa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to
cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.]
1. To embrace, hence; to encompass.
O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee
about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of
thyself. --Shak.
2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the
hair; to clip coin.
Sentenced to have his ears clipped. --Macaulay.
3. To curtail; to cut short.
All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor
clipped, but so. --Shak.
In London they clip their words after one manner
about the court, another in the city, and a third in
the suburbs. --Swift.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Clip :
A documentation extractor by Eric W. van
Ammers that recognises a particular style of comments. This
style can be adjusted to suit virtually any programming
language and target documentation language. CLiP was designed
to be compatible with hypertext systems.
MS-DOS,_VAX/{VMS">Version 2.1 runs on MS-DOS, VAX/{VMS and Unix
ftp://sun01.info.wau.nl/clip/)">(ftp://sun01.info.wau.nl/clip/).
(1993-11-18)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Clip :
A collection of a writer's previously published work, used to show the
talent and interests of a writer. ("Can you send me some clips on the
subject?")
Based on the Journalism Dictionary [Journalism]:
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Clip : CLIP: 1. Abbreviation for Corticotropin-Like Intermediate-lobe Peptide, a molecule identical to part of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) produced in the intermediate lobe of the
pituitary gland.
2. Abbreviation for Cross-Linking and ImmunoPrecipitation, a laboratory technique used in molecular biology and genetics.
Based on University of Miami School of Medicine [Medical_Dictionary]:
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Clip : Clip: A device used to hold something or things together. A surgical clip may be used to prevent a blood vas deferens .
Based on University of Miami School of Medicine [Medical_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Clip |
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Lari_Pinky: agora precisamos marcar um outro dia para fazer a parodia do Clip "Se Você Quiser" quando lançar e também confirmar + uma vez :D |
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maryJ2: OMG I didn't know so I didn't watch ET :(
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