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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily life , Film , Weapons , Newspapers, printing, publishing clipclip1 /klɪp/ ●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる noun 1 for fastening [countable]D a small metal or plastic object that holds or fastens things together The wire is held on with a metal clip. a wad of money in a gold clip → Bulldog clip , paperclip 2 film [countable]AMF a short part of a film or television programme that is shown by itself, especially as an advertisement clips from the new James Bond film3 gun [countable]PMW a container for bullets which passes them quickly into the gun so that they can be fired4 → at a good/rapid/fast etc clip 5 cut [singular] British EnglishCUT the act of cutting something to make it shorter or tidier I gave the hedge a clip.6 → a clip round the ear/earhole 7 newspaper [countable]TCN an article that is cut from a newspaper or magazine for a particular reason 8 → 100ドル/50 cents etc a clip Examples from the Corpusclip• I saw a clip from the new Michael Douglas movie on TV last night.• They showed a few clips from Mel Gibson's new movie.• Fasten the microphone clip to your shirt.• The committee also is establishing an Inaugural Channel with up-to-the-minute news and multimedia clips on the inauguration.• a paper clip• Sherman thinks the economy is growing at roughly a 2 percent clip, a slow, but not a worrisome pace.• Some smashing clips were sabotaged by the usual sloppy Watchmaker research.• The police have released a video clip of the attack.• The sound and video clips included, though, are first rate, both in quality and variety.• The new software makes it possible to cut and paste sound or video clips from one application to another. clipclip2 ●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる verb (clipped, clipping) 1 fasten [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]FASTEN/DO UP to fasten something together or to be fastened together using a clipclip something into/onto etc something A microphone was clipped to his tie. a stack of bills clipped together2 cut [transitive]CUT to cut small amounts of something in order to make it tidier The hedges had just been clipped.3 cut from newspaper [transitive always + adverb/preposition]CUT to cut an article or picture from a newspaper, magazine etcclip something out of/from something a cartoon clipped from a Minneapolis newspaper 4 hit [transitive]HIT/BUMP INTO to hit something quickly at an angle, often by accident A truck swerved and clipped a parked car.5 reduce [transitive]REDUCE to slightly reduce an amount, quantity etc – used in news reportsclip something off/from something Gunnell clipped a second off the world record.6 → clip somebody’s wings 7 → clip somebody round the ear/earhole 8 ticket [transitive]TT British English to make a hole in a bus or train ticket to show that it has been used SYN punch American English9 → clip your words → See Verb table Examples from the Corpusclip• John once again had his wings clipped.• I only had some teeth that clipped in, and I messed with my hair.• When Travel Weekly comes in the mail, I can clip the stories I want to file.• The outer is then draped over and clipped to the base of inner.• The remote control was clipped to the sun visor and he pressed the button.• Review: I sought these out, because the coupon I had clipped touted a cooking method on the grill. clipped together• His task was made easier by the fact that the papers were clipped together in small bundles.clip something out of/from something• Inspired, I clipped it out of the paper and taped it to my bedroom door.• Kate regularly saves up to 7ドル with coupons she's clipped from the paper.clip something off/from something• Lewis clipped a second off the world record.Origin clip1 1. (1400-1500) → CLIP21 2. (1800-1900) → CLIP22 clip2 1. Old English clyppan "to hold tight, hug"2. (1200-1300) Old Norse klippa
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Verb table
clip
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they clip
he, she, it clips
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they clipped
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have clipped
he, she, it has clipped
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had clipped
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will clip
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have clipped
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Continuous Form
Present
I am clipping
he, she, it is clipping
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you, we, they are clipping
Past
I, he, she, it was clipping
you, we, they were clipping
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been clipping
he, she, it has been clipping
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been clipping
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be clipping
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been clipping
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