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  • 101clip art — {{hw}}{{clip art}}{{/hw}}locuz. sost. f. inv.  (pl.  ingl. clip arts ) (elab.) Immagine digitale che può essere trasferita elettronicamente per essere inserita in un documento. ETIMOLOGIA: locuz. ingl., propr. ‘illustrazione (art) da allegare… …

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  • 102clip your wings — clip (your) wings to limit your freedom. She was afraid that motherhood would clip her wings. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of clip a bird s wings (= to cut the feathers that make it possible for a bird to fly) …

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  • 103clip wings — clip (your) wings to limit your freedom. She was afraid that motherhood would clip her wings. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of clip a bird s wings (= to cut the feathers that make it possible for a bird to fly) …

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  • 104clip-clop — clip′ clop n. v. i. clip clopped, clip clop•ping clop • Etymology: 1880–85 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 105clip-fed — clip′ fed adj. (of a rifle) loading from a cartridge clip into the magazine • Etymology: clip II+fed …

    From formal English to slang

  • 106clip de Adams-DeWeese — un clip de teflón on cuatro o cinco conductos de 2 mm que se situa alrededor de la vena cava y que permite pasar la sangre pero no los coágulos. Se emplea en los pacientes con alto riesgo de embolia pulmonar imagen TC [véase… …

    Diccionario médico

  • 107clip joint — n informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: clip to charge too much money, cheat (1900 2000), from CLIP22] a ↑nightclub that charges an unfairly high price for drinks …

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  • 108clip-clop — n [singular] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: From the sound] the sound made by a horse as it walks on a hard surface >clip clop v [I] …

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  • 109clip-clop — clip ,clop noun singular the sound that a horse s HOOVES make when the horse is walking ╾ clip ,clop verb intransitive …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 110clip someone's wings — clip (someone s) wings to limit someone s freedom. She never had kids. I guess she thought motherhood would clip her wings …

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