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clipnosis

clipnosis noun: the pacification of a domestic cat by pinching its scruff with a clip or clothespin.

Noun

clipnosis (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The pacification of a domestic cat by pinching its scruff with a clip or clothespin.

Origin of clipnosis

Blend of clip + hypnosis.

Questions about clipnosis

What does clipnosis mean?
Clipnosis means the pacification of a domestic cat by pinching its scruff with a clip or clothespin.
What part of speech is clipnosis?
Clipnosis is a noun.

Words near clipnosis in the dictionary

  1. clipless
  2. cliplock
  3. clipmap
  4. clipmapping
  5. clipmaps
  6. clipnosis
  7. clippable
  8. Clippard
  9. Clippards
  10. clipped
  11. clipped it

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