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earclip

earclip noun: an earring that clips to the earlobe rather than being attached through a piercing.

Noun

earclip (plural earclips)

  1. An earring that clips to the earlobe rather than being attached through a piercing.
    • In a pendant on a simple chain a few blue-white diamonds flashed; the stones that gleamed in her ear-clips were smaller but as fine in color.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 87
  2. An identifying tag for cattle.

Forms of earclip

pluralearclips

Origin of earclip

From ear + clip.

Questions about earclip

What does earclip mean?
Earclip means an earring that clips to the earlobe rather than being attached through a piercing.
What part of speech is earclip?
Earclip is a noun.
What is the plural of earclip?
The plural of earclip is earclips.

Words near earclip in the dictionary

  1. earbug
  2. earbugs
  3. Earby
  4. earcap
  5. earcaps
  6. earclip
  7. earclipped
  8. earclips
  9. earcockle
  10. earcon
  11. earconic

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