Synonyms for clip
klɪpclip

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1. clip

   Synonyms:
   curtail, prune, contract, abridge

   Antonyms:
   elongate, cherish, grow, nourish

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cartridge holder, cartridge clip, clip, magazinenoun

   a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

   Synonyms:
   clipping, snip, cartridge, magazine publisher, powder magazine, mag, powder store, cartridge holder, magazine, cartridge clip, time

   Antonyms:
   unclip

2. time, clipnoun

   an instance or single occasion for some event

   "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"

   Synonyms:
   magazine, snip, clipping, metre, sentence, prison term, fourth dimension, time, cartridge holder, meter, cartridge clip, clock time

   Antonyms:
   unclip

3. clipnoun

   any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

   Synonyms:
   magazine, cartridge holder, clipping, snip, time, cartridge clip

   Antonyms:
   unclip

4. clipnoun

   an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress

   Synonyms:
   magazine, cartridge holder, clipping, snip, time, cartridge clip

   Antonyms:
   unclip

5. clip, clipping, snipnoun

   the act of clipping or snipping

   Synonyms:
   clipping, snipping, trim, snip, cutting, trimming, snippet, press clipping, newspaper clipping, cartridge holder, magazine, cartridge clip, time, press cutting

   Antonyms:
   unclip

6. clipverb

   a sharp slanting blow

   "he gave me a clip on the ear"

   Synonyms:
   magazine, cartridge holder, clipping, snip, time, cartridge clip

   Antonyms:
   unclip

7. nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip offverb

   sever or remove by pinching or snipping

   "nip off the flowers"

   Synonyms:
   tweet, twitch, nip off, cut back, cut short, jog, prune, crop, twinge, pinch, squeeze, dress, trot, snip off, curtail, lop, trim, snip

   Antonyms:
   unclip

8. trot, jog, clipverb

   run at a moderately swift pace

   Synonyms:
   square up, cut short, jog, prune, ramble, crop, curtail, even up, cut back, dress, trot, snip off, lop, ramble on, trim, snip, nip off

   Antonyms:
   unclip

9. clipverb

   attach with a clip

   "clip the papers together"

   Synonyms:
   nip off, trot, cut back, snip, trim, cut short, jog, lop, snip off, dress, curtail, prune, crop

   Antonyms:
   unclip

10. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut backverb

    cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

    "dress the plants in the garden"

    Synonyms:
    line up, pare, work, crop, dress out, shave, preen, apparel, range, trim down, primp, prune, garment, snip off, cut, curtail, jog, trim back, trim, browse, garnish, arrange, sever, garb, cut down, raiment, pasture, coiffe, reduce, habilitate, discerp, coiffure, do, flash back, get dressed, rationalize, curb, plume, rationalise, cut short, coif, nip off, curry, restrict, fit out, trot, dress up, decorate, cultivate, bring down, clothe, graze, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, lop, dress, groom

    Antonyms:
    unclip

11. clip, curtail, cut shortverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    restrict, cut back, break short, jog, prune, crop, curtail, trim, dress, trot, snip off, break off, truncate, lop, cut short, curb, snip, nip off

    Antonyms:
    unclip

Matched Categories

1. • Attach
   • Case
   • Cut
   • Fastener
   • Jewelry
   • Run
   • Shorten
   • Supply Chamber

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clipverb

   Synonyms:
   cut

2. clipverb

   Synonyms:
   prune, curtail, cut short

3. clipnoun

   Synonyms:
   shearing, cutting

4. clipnoun

   Synonyms:
   quantity sheared (as of wool)

5. clipnoun

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial, U. S.] blow (with the hand), rap, knock

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1. clipnoun

   Synonyms:
   blow, knock, thump, rap

2. clipverb

   Synonyms:
   shear, snip, nip, trim, prune, curtail

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "clip":

   clips, paperclip, kleib, gallery, klaib, clamp, caliper, fastener, shipper, hook, video, pin

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1. Deborah Hersman:

   Technology is moving at a much faster clip than our laws can keep up with.

2. El Negrito:

   If you empty your clip, youre shooting off $15, you lose your pistol or the police take it and youre throwing away $800.

3. Tim Donnelly:

   I want to play you a little clip of the dictator-in-chief, the gun-controller-in-chief, I don't know what to call him today, who--this is his reaction and it's completely devoid of the same passion that he would have had if this individual had been Dylann Roof who killed nine black people in a church and could easily be demonized as a white supremacist, whereas these are Obama's people, the Islamic people.

4. Alexander Sherr:

   I had no idea that they were going to clip it here, there and everywhere, and then turn it into a 3-minute and 30 second propaganda piece.

5. Chris Coons:

   I frankly think that that clip will be played for years at Second Amendment rallies with organizations that try to scare people by saying Democrats are coming for your guns.