clip
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How clip fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
C I L P
Two-Letter Start
CL
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
IP
Useful for cleanup scans
- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CL start
- IP ending
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- clip is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include c, i, l, p plus any remaining hive letters.
- The IP ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CL start.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
"Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form."
noun
An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
"He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up."
noun
An embrace.
noun
A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
noun
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.
noun
A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
verb
To grip tightly.
verb
To fasten with a clip.
"Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go."
verb
To hug, embrace.
verb
To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
noun
Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
noun
An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
"I went into the salon to get a clip."
noun
The condition of something, its state.
"Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!"
noun
A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
"Give him a clip round the ear!"
verb
To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
"Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper."
verb
To curtail; to cut short.
verb
To strike with the hand.
"I'll clip ye round the lugs!"
verb
To hit or strike, especially in passing.
"The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost."
verb
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.
verb
To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
verb
To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
verb
(Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
"Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns."
verb
To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
verb
To grab or take stealthily