I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a newspaper clipping/cutting (= a story cut out of a newspaper )
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I found some old newspaper cuttings of the band's first concert in Liverpool.
a video clip (= a short video )
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You can download video clips from the Internet.
Bulldog clip
clip art
clip joint
clipped tones (= quick and clear, but not very friendly )
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Davis’s secretary informed him in clipped tones: ‘Mr Davis is not here.’
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
audio
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Most lessons feature still pictures and video and audio clips that let students see and hear what they are trying to achieve.
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Walton, using audio clips for illustration, describes some popular methods of representing bird song.
good
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Cars came by occasionally, usually at a fairly good clip .
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Up ahead, a thoroughfare Traffic was going across the intersection at a good clip in both directions.
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He was walking along at a good clip , his eyes idly panning the facades of the brownstone houses.
video
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Technological advances will soon allow users to send colour pictures, music and even video clips instead of just plain text.
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The sound and video clips included, though, are first rate, both in quality and variety.
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None of the 50-plus song or video clips lasts more than a minute.
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Because of the limited storage space, sound and video clips are sacrificed.
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Also disappointing are the video clips , mainly from the more recent chapters in Ranger history.
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The program also features a neat video clip of Norman introducing the game and wishing players good luck.
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The new system allows users with the right equipment to receive graphics, sound and even short video clips over their computers.
■ NOUN
art
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These are specialised graphics objects that you use rather like clip art - copy them on to your own slides and then customise.
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I keep them around, for which I became very grateful this Christmas season when suddenly I needed some clip art .
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Further enhancements can be made by importing third-party graphics or using the Quatro Pro collection of clip art .
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Experiment with photos and high-quality clip art .
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MasterClips Clipart is a new library of full colour vector clip art drawn by professional artists.
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They are flavorful and different, without the tackiness I can not help but associate with most clip art .
bulldog
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All the images are either taped directly to the walls or hung on bulldog clips .
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Lisa settled down with the bulldog clip that held the current day's orders, and Folly picked up the accounts book.
film
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He showed a selection of film clips and I was really impressed.
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As ever we hurtle onwards, like that old film clip showing the London-to-Brighton journey in four minutes.
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It lasted about 20 minutes, time only for a few film clips .
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Tribute to Barry Levinson, including film clips and on-stage interview, 6: 30 p. m., Sequoia Twin.
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Consider a film clip showing an aircraft carrier at sea.
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When I closed my eyes I saw the little boy with the flag again, his death rerun like a film clip .
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Patience said she saw the film clip on television.
movie
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So a movie clip you find on a site could be in any one of an increasing number of formats.
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The show includes more than 200 memorable movie clips and offers chats with pivotal behind-the-scenes people.
newspaper
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I first came across Charlie Tonelli in some Des Moines newspaper clips from back in the 1940s.
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And a newspaper clip turned up a Tonelli who plays for the Toronto Spitfires, a wheelchair basketball team.
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All those newspaper clips were what led me to imagine it that way.
paper
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But this one will make Yamaha's heavily-braced unit look like a paper clip .
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Cyril was picking at something inside his ear, using a paper clip .
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A paper clip slipped along the narrow fold makes the players stand more easily.
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I April sent him writing utensils, paper clips , envelopes, and other office supplies purloined from the school.
■ VERB
give
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You might give them a clip round the ear.
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Matinee gives you over 30 clips of video to edit and view.
use
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Surgeons, however, have used metallic implants such as clips and automatic sutures for a long time without any such complication reported.
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Cyril was picking at something inside his ear, using a paper clip .
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These are specialised graphics objects that you use rather like clip art - copy them on to your own slides and then customise.
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Walton, using audio clips for illustration, describes some popular methods of representing bird song.
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Do not use types having clip on lids, slide-in panels, etc.
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More useful is the hood, which is brilliantly simple to use-two clips to unlatch and it's down.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A friend sent me a clip from the Boston Globe.
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a paper clip
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Fasten the microphone clip to your shirt.
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I saw a clip from the new Michael Douglas movie on TV last night.
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The new software makes it possible to cut and paste sound or video clips from one application to another.
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The police have released a video clip of the attack.
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They showed a few clips from Mel Gibson's new movie.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Sherman thinks the economy is growing at roughly a 2 percent clip , a slow, but not a worrisome pace.
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Some smashing clips were sabotaged by the usual sloppy Watchmaker research.
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The committee also is establishing an Inaugural Channel with up-to-the-minute news and multimedia clips on the inauguration.
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The sound and video clips included, though, are first rate, both in quality and variety.
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The spring-loaded clips of looseleaf folders snap shut with a noise like revolver shots.
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The world overflows with these rifles and their banana clips.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I only had some teeth that clipped in, and I messed with my hair.
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John once again had his wings clipped.
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Review: I sought these out, because the coupon I had clipped touted a cooking method on the grill.
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The outer is then draped over and clipped to the base of inner.
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The remote control was clipped to the sun visor and he pressed the button.
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When Travel Weekly comes in the mail, I can clip the stories I want to file.