CLOTHESPINS Synonyms

• Anything that clips.

• (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.

• Something that moves swiftly; especially:

• The Asian butterfly Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.

• A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.

• A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.

• Confidence trickster; conman.

• A tool for clipping something.

• 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

• a person who fastens or makes fast

• restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

• a holding device

• a person who holds something

• the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it

• a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

• small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

• informal terms for the leg

• a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

• regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

• a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

• succeed in obtaining a position

• pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

• fasten or secure with a wooden pin

• stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations

• wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline

• wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline