clip: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with C · ends with P
Meaning of clip
verb
To grip tightly.
To fasten with a clip.
Example: Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.
- slang
To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
- archaic
To hug, embrace.
Listed forms: clips, clipping, clipped.
Source: Wiktionary — clip.
noun
Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
Example: Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.
An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
Example: She reads at a pretty good clip.
A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- colloquial, proscribed
A removable magazine of a firearm.
Listed forms: clips.
Source: Wiktionary — clip.
verb
To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
Example: She clipped my hair with her scissors.
To curtail; to cut short.
- dialectal, informal
To strike with the hand.
Example: I’ll clip ye round the lugs!
To hit or strike, especially in passing.
Example: The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.
Listed forms: clips, clipping, clipt, clipped.
Source: Wiktionary — clip.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for clip.
noun
a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- cartridge holder
- cartridge clip
- magazine
noun
an instance or single occasion for some event
noun
the act of clipping or snipping
verb
sever or remove by pinching or snipping
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is clip in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of clip
C(3) + L(1) + I(1) + P(3) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of clip
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from clip
6 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in clip. Showing up to 24, longest first.