clip

Definition:
1. A small metal or plastic object used for holding things together or in place.
2. A piece of jewellery that fastens to your clothes.
3. An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress.
4. An instance or single occasion for some event.
5. Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together.
6. The act of clipping or snipping.

Use 'clip' in a sentence:

• 1. Kids in his neighborhood clipped his picture from the newspaper and carried it around.
• 2. He might take a clip of a mollusk going up and down in the water and set it to music.
• 3. Participants imagined being one out of three people in a video clip who had either a fluent conversation or a conversation in which flow was disrupted by a brief silence.
• 4. Please clip these CARDS together.
• 5. To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings.
• 6. While the clip might look like a new ad campaign, Bridges said the only goal was to show generosity and sympathy.
• 7. It's a noisy place with film clips showing constantly on one of the cafe's giant screens.
• 8. He had already clipped his hair close to the skull.
• 9. Your pages will be easier to keep track of that way, and, if you have to clip a paragraph to place it elsewhere, you will not lose any writing on the other side.
• 10. I saw an old man out clipping his hedge.
• 11. Is there a freeware program that I can use to produce my own clip art?
• 12. Lights clipped onto life jackets improve the chances of rescue.
• 13. We'd better pin [clip] the papers together.
• 14. Sort out these papers and fasten them together with a clip, please.
• 15. It even offered a video clip of these flying penguins, which became one of the most viewed videos on the Internet.
• 16. The Chief Constable's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.
• 17. He clipped the microphone to his collar.
• 18. The father of four posted video clip of his playful venture on Facebook, advising parents to do fun and creative stuff with their kids.
• 19. He fastened the papers together with a paper clip.
• 20. At the end of the clip, you would realize that I was acting out his life, and then the real life began again.
• 21. Try a front-pocket wallet or money clip.
• 22. The other nice thing is they all come with the clip connectors.
• 23. Clip the pages together.
• 24. Studios are releasing movies at a fast clip.
• 25. Below is a censored clip from the video.
• 26. She gave him a clip round the ear for being cheeky.
• 27. Do you save them? Give them away? Clip pages?
• 28. What I wanted to show you was a clip that actually my daughter brought to my attention just this past weekend.
• 29. We watched the episode clip.
• 30. The introduction is followed by a video clip of how the passage was treated by a famous pianist using historic film footage.
• 31. They moved out from the airport at a brisk clip.
• 32. So let's have listen to the next clip.
• 33. Carry the mobile phone in a purse or briefcase or get a nonmetallic belt clip that orients it away from your body.
• 34. The boy was later given a clip round the ear by his father.
• 35. This clip shows the new hangar near the south ramp area, and its connection to the flightline.
• 36. His flashlight was still clipped to his belt.
• 37. The BBC World Service Television news showed the same film clip.
• 38. Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card.
• 39. If you're part of a book club, clip together your favorite chapter for an easy way to flip and find.
• 40. They clip the sheep's wool once a year.
• 41. More data to come, so this is a clip that some of you might have seen in section already.
• 42. She took the clip out of her hair.
• 43. He gave the hedge a clip.
• 44. The lorry clipped the rear of a tanker and then crashed into a second truck.
• 45. If one of the sounds is simply omitted during the second clip, then most people notice the difference.
• 46. She clipped two seconds off her previous best time.
• 47. He twisted her arms behind her back and clipped a pair of handcuffs on her wrists.
• 48. Use the crocodile clips to attach the cables to the battery.
• 49. Here is a clip from her latest movie.
• 50. At clipping time sheep need to be penned.
• 51. He clipped his safety belt to a fitting on the deck.
• 52. He clipped off a length of wire.
• 53. The TV news showed the same film clip.
• 54. You can put them on your desk or clip them to your monitor. They can be attached to your dashboard in your car.
• 55. She read out the list in sharp, clipped tones.