clip

[ US /ˈkɫɪp/ ]
[ UK /klˈɪp/ ]

VERB

run at a moderately swift pace
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
attach with a clip
clip the papers together
sever or remove by pinching or snipping
nip off the flowers
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
dress the plants in the garden

NOUN

an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
a sharp slanting blow
he gave me a clip on the ear
the act of clipping or snipping
an instance or single occasion for some event
he could do ten at a clip
he called four times
this time he succeeded
a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

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Fishing. Tie magnets to a string, cut fish shapes out of construction paper and attach a paper clip to the fish's mouth and voila.
And the fact is that women just dig men who see clips of defenseless mother pigs stuffed in crates so small that they can't turn around, and then blurt out, "But, I love me some bacon! Josh Tetrick: Five Reasons Why Man = Meat
The orbit of the earth (or the circle which the sun seems to describe round the earth), is called the ecliptic, which is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs, and are distinguished by the following names and marks, [again, the symbols for the signs can be seen in the A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses
Years of early art, pencil sketches, architectural renderings, magazine covers, newspaper clippings and personal photographs are also on display in the new gallery.
The director organised two-day hippy schools for his extras, in which they were shown news clips from 1969 and instructed in hippy speak until such antiquated terms as 'crashpad', 'dig' and 'groovy' came naturally. Latest articles - Radio Prague
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One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.
His beard went all round under his chin, and was clipped into the appearance of a stiff thick hedge — equally thick, and equally broad, and equally protrusive at all parts. John Caldigate
Carefully she clipped the grass the grave and arranged the pinky - white, small chrysanthemums the tin cross.
As seeds ripened during the course of the experiment, the inflorescences were harvested by clipping the main stalk of each flowering culm just below the lowermost panicle branch.

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