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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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swat
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /sw?t/, /sw?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
Alteration of squat.
Verb
swat (third-person singular simple present swats, present participle swatting, simple past and past participle swatted)
- (transitive) To beat off, as insects; to bat, strike, or hit.
- He swatted the mosquito that was buzzing around in his bedroom.
- The cat swatted at the feather.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1]
- During my first day in the woods, Raoul, the big alpha male of Rambo II, opened wide to show me his dagger-sharp canines, then sauntered by and swatted my calf with a stick—letting me know my place in the social order. (Low.)
Translations
Noun
swat (plural swats)
- A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
- Alternate spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.
Translations
See also
- flyswatter
Etymology 2
See SWAT.
Verb
swat (third-person singular simple present swats, present participle swatting, simple past and past participle swatted)
- (slang) To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
- 2017, Elizabeth Heiter, Stalked, MIRA (?ISBN):
- “You've just been swatted.” “What?” Sophia asked. “A spoofed call to police, claiming an emergency, to get a SWAT response,” Evelyn said. Realizing why the SWAT officer had noticed the controller, she guessed, […]
- 2017, Elizabeth Heiter, Stalked, MIRA (?ISBN):
References
Anagrams
- 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, TAWS, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, taws, was't, wast, wats
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French soit (“thus”).
Conjunction
swat
- or
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swa?t/
Noun
swat
- plural of sawt
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-, *sweyd-. Cognate with Old Saxon swêt, Old High German sweiz, Old Norse sveiti (“sweat, blood”). The Indo-European root also gave Latin sudor, Sanskrit Sanskrit ????? (sveda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sw??t/
Noun
sw?t m or n
- sweat
- used of other moisture that comes from the body, especially blood
Declension
Derived terms
- sw?tan (“to sweat”)
- sw?ti? (“sweaty”)
- sw?tþ?rel (“a pore”)
Descendants
- English: swate, swote, swot, swete, swet
- English: sweat
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *svat?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sfat/
Noun
swat m pers (feminine swatka)
- A matchmaker.
- The father of one's child-in-law.
Declension
Related terms
- (nouns) swach m pers, swacha f, swachna f, swatanie n (the act of matchmaking)
- (verb) swata? (to matchmake)
Further reading
- swat in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- swat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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