Clip
Clip noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: an unexpectedly low branch dealt him a clip to the head
Swing
Swing noun - Changing location by moving back and forth.
How words are described
| old | old clip | old swing |
| good | good clip | good swing |
| full | full clip | full swing |
| long | long clip | long swing |
| Other adjectives: short, fast, original, single, simple, massive, slow, little, quick, final, larger, next, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Averted/subverted/lampshaded/whatever in Web Soup - after the host shows a clip of a polar bear defecating in its pool, he brings out a drink based on it and takes a swing.
Source: It Tastes Like Feet -
The band mostly subverts using samples for the "swing" portion of their Electro Swing style, preferring to use authentic live instruments, but occasionally they'll slip in a vintage audio clip here and there, either of basic instrumentation or just Spoken Word in Music.
Source: Music / Caravan Palace -
Oni did not push the camera in or clip outside walls, so you could swing it right through walls and see all kinds of things (or block your view with the other side of the wall Konoko's backed up against!).
Source: Behind the Black
Cite this Source
Swing and Clip. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/swing
Clip & Swing. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/swing>.
Swing or Clip. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/swing.
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