Clip
Clip verb - To make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old clip | old pair |
| good | good clip | good pair |
| special | special clip | special pair |
| long | long clip | long pair |
| Other adjectives: particular, similar, short, original, single, popular, small, actual, massive, large, spare, black, decent, white, new, final, extra, random, last, different, pink, red, favorite. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In a more literal sense, a clip shows a pair of elderly men who were rival football players in the CFL, and still hold a grudge against each other to this day.
Source: Series / World's Dumbest... - A Verizon ad showing people with, erm, nonstandard ways to answer the phone had a clip of a pair of rather pudgy Klingon cosplayers answering in tlhIngan Hol.
Source: Nerds Speak Klingon -
He uses a pair of swords to casually swat away an entire clip from a submachinegun.
Source: Parrying Bullets
Cite this Source
Pair and Clip. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/pair
Clip & Pair. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/pair>.
Pair or Clip. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/pair.
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