clip

Topic: NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHING

Sense: 1,3,8

Date:	1400-1500
Origin:	CLIP²1

Sense: 2,4-7

Date:	1800-1900
Origin:	CLIP²2

clip
1 noun

clip1

[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

[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 film

[countable]PMW a container for bullets which passes them quickly into the gun so that they can be fired

quickly:

Traffic was moving at a good clip.

[singular] British English the act of cutting something to make it shorter or tidier:

I gave the hedge a clip.

British English informal a short hit on the side of someone's head

[countable]TCN an article that is cut from a newspaper or magazine for a particular reason

American English informal if things cost $100, 50 cents etc a clip, they cost that amount of money each

Definition of clip from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHING

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