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clip
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: kl?p, IPA(key): /kl?p/, [kl???p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glemb?- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”).
Verb
clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipped)
- To grip tightly.
- To fasten with a clip.
- (archaic) To hug, embrace.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter III:[1]
- White thy fambles, red thy gan
And thy quarrons dainty is.
Couch a hogshead with me then.
In the darkmans clip and kiss.
- White thy fambles, red thy gan
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter III:[1]
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
Translations
Noun
clip (plural clips)
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
- (obsolete) An embrace.
- A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
- The heel - clips are two clips at the heels of the side bars , which correspond to the toe - clip ; the latter embracing the toe of the crust , whilst the former embrace its heels
- 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
- (fishing, Britain, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (kurippu)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”).
Verb
clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipt or clipped)
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, s:A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue
- In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, s:A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (American football) An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- (computer graphics, transitive, intransitive) (Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (computer graphics, ergative) To move the camera, a character model, or another object (through or into a rendered object or barrier).
- (computer graphics, ergative) To move the camera, a character model, or another object (through or into a rendered object or barrier).
- To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- to grab or take stealthily
Derived terms
- clipjoint, clip-joint, clip joint
- clip it
Translations
Noun
clip (countable and uncountable, plural clips)
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- A season's crop of wool.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video
- A newspaper clipping.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- (uncountable, Tyneside) The condition of something, its state.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
Derived terms
- clip show
Translations
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- National Football League (2007). Official Rules of the National Football League 2007. Triumph Books.
Anagrams
- ILPC
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English clip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klip/
Noun
clip m (plural clips)
- music video
- clip-on (earring)
Derived terms
- vidéoclip
Further reading
- “clip” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
clip (present analytic clipeann, future analytic clipfidh, verbal noun clipeadh, past participle clipthe)
- (transitive) prick; tease, torment
- (transitive) tire, wear, out
Conjugation
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "clip" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “clip” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “clip” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English clip.
Noun
clip m (invariable)
- clip
- paper clip
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English clip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klip/, [?klip]
Noun
clip m (plural clips)
- paper clip
- Synonym: sujetapapeles
- clip (something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.)
- clip (a frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.)
- Synonym: fragmento
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sock
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /s?k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English socke, sokke, sok, from Old English socc (“sock, light shoe, slipper”), a West Germanic borrowing from Latin soccus (“a light shoe or slipper, buskin”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian or from an Anatolian language. Cognate with Scots sok (“sock, stocking”), West Frisian sok (“sock”), Dutch sok (“sock”), German Socke (“sock”), Danish sok, sokke (“sock”), Swedish sock, socka (“sock”), Icelandic sokkur (“sock”).
Noun
sock (plural socks or (informal, nonstandard) sox)
- A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
- A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.
- A cat's or dog's lower leg that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.
- Synonym: mitten
- (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A sock puppet.
- (firearms, informal) A gun sock.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? French: socquette
- ? Portuguese: soquete
- Japanese: ???? (sokkusu) < socks
- Swahili: soksi < socks (plural)
Translations
Etymology 2
Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch").This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Alternative forms
- (W. Eng. dial.): zock
Adjective
sock (not comparable)
- (slang, dated) Extremely successful.
- 1960, Billboard magazine reviewer
- Sock performance on a catchy rhythm ditty with infectious tempo.
- 1960, Billboard magazine reviewer
Synonyms
- socko
Noun
sock (plural socks)
- (slang) A violent blow; a punch.
Verb
sock (third-person singular simple present socks, present participle socking, simple past and past participle socked)
- (slang, transitive) To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to.
- 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 13:
- What you should be is not yellow at all. If you're supposed to sock somebody in the jaw, and you sort of feel like doing it, you should do it.
- 1951, James Jones, From Here to Eternity, Book Four:
- They may let you off the first time because you're new maybe. But the second time they'll sock it to you, give you a couple of days in the Hole, then throw you in Number Two.
- 1951, J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 13:
- (slang, transitive) To throw.
Derived terms
- sock away
- sock in
- sockdolager
Translations
Etymology 3
From French soc, from Late Latin soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.
Noun
sock (plural socks)
- A ploughshare.
- D. Brewster, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
- In Wexford, the beam is shorter than in any of the other counties, and the sock in general is of cast iron.
- D. Brewster, The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
Etymology 4
From socket.
Noun
sock (plural socks)
- (computing, networking) Abbreviation of socket.
Swedish
Noun
sock c
- sock
Declension
See also
- socka
- strumpa
References
- sock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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