clip

/klɪp/ verb (present participle clipping, past tense and past participle clipped)

Translation

FASTEN [I, T] › to fasten things together with a clip, or to be fastened in this way

tutturmak, tokalamak, toka takmak, takmak, klipsle tutturmak

Clip the microphone to the collar of your jacket.1962

CUT [T] › to cut small pieces from something

kırpmak, kesmek, küçük bir parça kesmek

Jamie was outside clipping the hedge.1954

HIT [T] › to hit something quickly and lightly

bir şeye hafif ve hızlıca vurmak

The plane clipped a telephone line and crashed.1971

(Definition of clip verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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