clip
English
/klɪp/
verb
Definitions
- To grip tightly.
- To fasten with a clip.
- (archaic) To hug, embrace.
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clippen inherited from Old English clyppan (embrace, clasp, hold onto, hug, grasp, cherish) inherited from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *glemb- (log, block).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*glemb-
Gloss
log, block
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoclip English
- beclip English
- beclipping English
- board English
- book English
- clasp English
- clipboard English
- clipbook English
- clipcock English
- clipless English
- clippable English
- clippest English
- clippeth English
- clippie English
- clippock English
- clipsheet English
- clipsome English
- cock English
- ear English
- earclip English
- endoclip English
- hair English
- hairclip English
- hemoclip English
- microclip English
- nose English
- noseclip English
- reclip English
- sheet English
- subclip English
- toe English
- toeclip English
- unclip English
- vid English
- vidclip English
- klip Hungarian
- videóklip Hungarian
- clip Italian
- videoclip Italian
- clip French
- vidéoclip French
- видеоклип Russian
- клип Russian
- clip Spanish, Castilian
- *glemb- Proto-Indo-European
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *klumpijaną Proto-Germanic
- *klumpô Proto-Germanic
- *klupjaną Proto-Germanic
- クリップ Japanese
- クリップボード Japanese
- klippa Norwegian Nynorsk
- beclyppan Old English
- clyppan Old English
- beclippen Middle English
- clippen Middle English
- klippa Old Norse
- klepper Middle Dutch
- কিলিপ Assamese
- 클립 Korean