paperclip
paperclip is the alternative spelling of paper clip.
Meaning of paper clip
Noun
paper clip (plural paper clips)
- A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together.
- Listed after an amount of money to emphasize a lack of resources.
- The rules of the game are to tap this fund only when you are down to ten cents and a paper clip.1956 January, Gladys Prieur Thomas, “Too much month... not enough money”, in American Mercury, page 13
Verb
paperclip (third-person singular simple present paperclips, present participle paperclipping, simple past and past participle paperclipped)
- To fasten with a paper clip.
Forms of paperclip
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | paperclips |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | paperclips |
| present participle | paperclipping |
| past participle | paperclipped |
| past | paperclipped |
Phrases with paperclip
Questions about paperclip
- What does paperclip mean?
- Paperclip means to fasten with a paper clip.
- What is paperclip the alternative spelling of?
- Paperclip is the alternative spelling of paper clip.
- What part of speech is paperclip?
- Paperclip is a verb.
- What is the past tense of paperclip?
- The past tense of paperclip is paperclipped.
Words near paperclip in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: paperclip (page history and authors); paper clip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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