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Belt vs. Clip — What's the Difference?

Belt vs. Clip — What's the Difference?

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Belt

A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist or over a shoulder to hold up clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.

Clip

A flexible or spring-loaded device for holding an object or objects together or in place
He undid two clips and lifted the lid
A gilt clip fastened her hair

Belt

Something resembling a belt, as a number of machine-gun rounds attached together in a strip.

Clip

A metal holder containing cartridges for an automatic firearm
He shot twice, but his clip was empty

Belt

An encircling route.
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Clip

An act of clipping or trimming something
I gave him a full clip

Belt

A seat belt or safety belt.

Clip

A short sequence taken from a film or broadcast
Clips from earlier shows
A film clip

Belt

A continuous band or chain for transferring motion or power or conveying materials from one wheel or shaft to another.

Clip

A smart or glancing blow
I'd give him a clip round the ear

Belt

A band of tough reinforcing material beneath the tread of a tire.

Clip

A specified speed or rate of movement, especially when rapid
We crossed the dance floor at an amazingly fast clip

Belt

A usually bandlike geographic region that is distinctive in a specific respect. Often used in combination
“This is America's rural poverty belt” (Charles Kuralt).

Clip

Fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips
She clipped on a pair of diamond earrings
The panels simply clip on to the framework

Belt

A powerful blow; a wallop.

Clip

Cut short or trim (hair, vegetation, etc.) with shears or scissors
I was clipping the hedge

Belt

A drink of hard liquor.

Clip

Strike smartly or with a glancing blow
The car clipped the kerb
He'll clip your ear

Belt

To equip, hold up, or attach with a belt
Belted my trousers.
Belted the sword to her waist.

Clip

Swindle or rob
In all the years he ran the place, he was clipped only three times

Belt

To encircle or mark in the manner of a belt
The equator belts the earth.

Clip

Move quickly
We clip down the track

Belt

To beat with a belt or strap.

Clip

To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears
Clip coupons.
Clipped three seconds off the record.

Belt

To strike forcefully; hit.

Clip

To make shorter by cutting; trim
Clip a hedge.

Belt

To sing in a loud and forceful manner
Belt out a song.

Clip

To cut off the edge of
Clip a coin.

Belt

To swig (an alcoholic beverage).

Clip

To cut short; curtail.

Belt

A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.

Clip

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

Belt

A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.

Clip

To enunciate with clarity and precision
Clip one's words.

Belt

A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.

Clip

(Informal) To hit with a sharp blow
Clipped me under the eye.

Belt

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
A belt of trees; a belt of sand

Clip

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

Belt

A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
The heavyweight belt

Clip

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

Belt

(astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.

Clip

(Slang) To cheat, swindle, or rob.

Belt

(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

Clip

To cut something.

Belt

A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
The battleship was protected by a twelve-inch belt just above the waterline.

Clip

(Informal) To move rapidly.

Belt

A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of bar fights.

Clip

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

Belt

A quick drink of liquor.
Care to join me in a belt of scotch?

Clip

(Archaic) To embrace or encompass.

Belt

A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

Clip

The act of clipping.

Belt

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt.

Clip

The wool shorn at one shearing, as of sheep.

Belt

(weapons) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.

Clip

A season's shearing.

Belt

(music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
Both auditionees had great ranges but Diamond had the strong belt we really need for the finale.

Clip

A short extract from a movie or television program.

Belt

(transitive) To encircle.
The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.

Clip

(Informal) A quick sharp blow
A clip on the ear.

Belt

(transitive) To fasten a belt on.
Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.

Clip

(Football) An illegal block from the rear.

Belt

(transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.

Clip

(Informal) A pace or rate
Go at a fast clip.

Belt

(transitive) To hit with a belt.

Clip

A single occasion; a time
Could write nine pages at a clip.

Belt

To scream or sing in a loud manner.

Clip

Clips A pair of shears or clippers.

Belt

(transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
He belted down a shot of whisky.

Clip

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

Belt

To hit someone or something.
The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.

Clip

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

Belt

To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
He belted that pitch over the grandstand.

Clip

A cartridge clip.

Belt

(intransitive) To move very fast.
He was really belting along.

Clip

To grip tightly.

Belt

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
The shining belt with gold inlaid.

Clip

To fasten with a clip.
Please clip the photos to the pages where they will go.

Belt

That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
He cannot buckle his distempered causeWithin the belt of rule.

Clip

(archaic) To hug, embrace.

Belt

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.

Clip

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

Belt

One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

Clip

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
She clipped my hair with her scissors.
Please clip that coupon out of the newspaper.

Belt

A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

Clip

To curtail; to cut short.

Belt

A token or badge of knightly rank.

Clip

To strike with the hand.
I’ll clip ye round the lugs!

Belt

A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

Clip

To hit or strike, especially in passing.
The car skidded off the road and clipped a lamppost.

Belt

A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

Clip

(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.

Belt

To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
A coarse black robe belted round the waist.
They belt him round with hearts undaunted.

Clip

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

Belt

To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

Clip

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

Belt

Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

Clip

To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
The camera keeps clipping that ceiling.
Clipping through walls is integral to the game's speedruns.
Oh, no, I clipped my avatar through the barrier!

Belt

A band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

Clip

To cheat, swindle, or fleece.

Belt

An elongated region where a specific condition is found;
A belt of high pressure

Clip

To grab or take stealthily

Belt

A vigorous blow;
The sudden knock floored him
He took a bash right in his face
He got a bang on the head

Clip

Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
Use this clip to attach the check to your tax form.

Belt

A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

Clip

An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace.
She reads at a pretty good clip.
He was walking at a fair clip and I was out of breath trying to keep up.

Belt

The act of hitting vigorously;
He gave the table a whack

Clip

(obsolete) An embrace.

Belt

Sing loudly and forcefully

Clip

(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.

Belt

Deliver a blow to;
He belted his opponent

Clip

A removable magazine of a firearm.

Belt

Fasten with a belt;
Belt your trousers

Clip

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.

Clip

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

Clip

Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:

Clip

The product of a single shearing of sheep.

Clip

A season's crop of wool.

Clip

A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video
The morning news today played a clip of last night's debate.
The 100th episode of Seinfeld consisted of clips from previous episodes.

Clip

A newspaper clipping.

Clip

An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
I went into the salon to get a clip.

Clip

The condition of something, its state.
Deeky the clip of that aad wife ower thor!

Clip

(informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
Give him a clip round the ear!

Clip

To embrace, hence; to encompass.
O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about,Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.

Clip

To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
Sentenced to have his ears clipped.

Clip

To curtail; to cut short.
All my reports go with the modest truth;No more nor clipped, but so.
In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.

Clip

To move swiftly; - usually with indefinite it.
Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind.

Clip

An embrace.

Clip

A cutting; a shearing.

Clip

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

Clip

A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

Clip

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

Clip

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.

Clip

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

Clip

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

Clip

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

Clip

A rapid gait.

Clip

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

Clip

An instance or single occasion for some event;
This time he succeeded
He called four times
He could do ten at a clip

Clip

Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together

Clip

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

Clip

The act of clipping or snipping

Clip

A sharp slanting blow;
He gave me a clip on the ear

Clip

Sever or remove by pinching or snipping;
Nip off the flowers

Clip

Run at a moderately swift pace

Clip

Attach with a clip;
Clip the papers together

Clip

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;
Dress the plants in the garden

Clip

Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;
My speech was cut short
Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries

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