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Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
  2. noun an instance or single occasion for some event
  3. noun any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

Etymology

From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

cartridge holder, cartridge clip, magazine

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