Clips
/klɪps/
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."
- 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."
- An embrace.
- A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- 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.
verb
noun
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
"I went into the salon to get a clip."
- The condition of something, its state.
"Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!"
- 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."
- To curtail; to cut short.
- To strike with the hand.
"I'll clip ye round the lugs!"
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
"The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost."
- 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.
Total: 9 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Clips"
Clips is a 5-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Clips" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "clips" is a low-scoring word.