Buckle vs. Clip

A clasp for fastening two ends, as of straps or a belt, in which a device attached to one of the ends is fitted or coupled to the other.

To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears

An ornament that resembles this clasp, such as a metal square on a shoe or hat.

To make shorter by cutting; trim

An instance of bending, warping, or crumpling; a bend or bulge.

To cut off the edge of

To fasten with a buckle.

To cut short; curtail.

To cause to bend, warp, or crumple.

To shorten (a word or words) by leaving out letters or syllables.

To become fastened with a buckle.

To enunciate with clarity and precision

To bend, warp, or crumple, as under pressure or heat.

(Informal) To hit with a sharp blow

To give way; collapse

(Football) To block (an opponent) illegally from the rear.

To succumb, as to exhaustion or authority; give in

(Sports) To hit or kick (the ball) in a certain direction.

(intransitive) To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.

(Slang) To cheat, swindle, or rob.

(transitive) To make bend; to cause to become distorted.

To cut something.

To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).

(Informal) To move rapidly.

(intransitive) To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

To fasten with or as if with a clip; hold tightly.

To enter upon some labour or contest; to join in close fight; to contend.

(Archaic) To embrace or encompass.

To buckle down; to apply oneself.

The act of clipping.

(transitive) To fasten using a buckle.

The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.

(Scotland) To unite in marriage.

A season's shearing.

(countable) A clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap.

A short extract from a movie or television program.

The brisure of an eighth daughter.

(Informal) A quick sharp blow

(roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane frequently occurring over insulation or deck joints. A buckle may be an indication of movement with the roof assembly.

(Football) An illegal block from the rear.

A distortion, bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.

(Informal) A pace or rate

A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.

A single occasion; a time

A contorted expression, as of the face.

Clips A pair of shears or clippers.

A cake baked with fresh fruit and a streusel topping.

Any of various devices for gripping or holding things together; a clasp or fastener.

A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.

A piece of jewelry that fastens with a clasp or clip, such as an earring or a brooch.

A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal.

A cartridge clip.

A curl of hair, esp. a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also, the state of being curled.

To grip tightly.

A contorted expression, as of the face.

To fasten with a clip.

To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness.

(archaic) To hug, embrace.

To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted.

(slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; - formerly, generally used reflexively, but by mid 20th century, usually used with down; - as, the programmers buckled down and worked late hours to finish the project in time for the promised delivery date.

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

To join in marriage.

To curtail; to cut short.

To bend permanently; to become distorted; to bow; to curl; to kink.

To strike with the hand.

To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall.

To hit or strike, especially in passing.

To yield; to give way; to cease opposing.

(American football) To perform 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.

To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.

(signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.

Fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong

(computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.

A shape distorted by twisting or folding

To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).

Fasten with a buckle or buckles

To cheat, swindle, or fleece.

Fold or collapse;

To grab or take stealthily

Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat;

Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.

An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.

(obsolete) An embrace.

(military) A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.

A removable magazine of a firearm.

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.

A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:

The product of a single shearing of sheep.

A season's crop of wool.

A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video

A newspaper clipping.

An act of clipping, such as a haircut.

The condition of something, its state.

(informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

To curtail; to cut short.

To move swiftly; - usually with indefinite it.

An embrace.

A cutting; a shearing.

The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.

A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; - called also toe clip and beak.

A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.

A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.

A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

A rapid gait.

A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun

An instance or single occasion for some event;

Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress

The act of clipping or snipping

A sharp slanting blow;

Sever or remove by pinching or snipping;

Run at a moderately swift pace

Attach with a clip;

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;