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# clip

«clip» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small object that holds things together or in place: a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (clip, clips); verb (clip, clips, clipped, clipping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A clip is a small object that holds things together or in place: a paper clip, a hair clip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#m1)

2) To clip means to fasten with a clip: clip the badge onto your coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#m2)

3) To clip means to cut small bits off with scissors or clippers: clip the hedge, clip your nails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#m3)

4) A clip is a short piece of a film or video. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#m4)

5) To clip means to hit lightly at the edge: the car clipped the kerb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: paper clips, hair clips, clipping a dog's nails, video clips on a tablet. In safety, children clip on helmets and seat belts properly (buckles that click); online, short clips can be fake or edited to mislead. In science, crocodile clips connect wires in electric circuits. Phrases: paper clip, hair clip, video clip, clip on, clip together, crocodile clip, at a fast clip (fast).

### examples

- Hold the pages together with a paper clip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#x1)
- She wore a butterfly clip in her hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#x2)
- We watched a short clip of a volcano erupting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#x3)
- Clip the wires to the battery with crocodile clips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#x4)
- Dad clipped the hedge in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#x5)
- Make sure your helmet strap is clipped under your chin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#x6)
- The bike clipped the edge of the pavement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#x7)
- Was it not enough to clip off the end of my beard? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/#x8)

### note

Double p: clipped, clipping. A «clipping» is also a piece cut from a newspaper (UK «cutting»). Online video clips may be cut to show only part of what happened — check the whole story.

### In the corpora

- [It was reported that scammers use AI to copy voices from short clips found online.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/12/)
- [Short video apps often use one catchy clip of a song; the full song usually has verses, a chorus and other parts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms/16/)
- [The sounds must be short and clipped.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/3/)
- [A hangnail is clipped with clean clippers, because pulling it tears the skin and can cause infection.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/11/)
- [Where did they come from?» Out it all came — the clip, the dreams, the light.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/402-nightmares-and-scary-pictures/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.