- (a) clip round earhole
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a quick hit on the side of someone’s head, especially as a punishment
Dad used to threaten us with a clip round the earhole.
Main entry: clip
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
(a) clip round earhole
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clip someone round earhole — clip someone round the ear/earhole/british informal phrase to hit the side of someone’s head quickly, especially as a punishment Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym punishment of being hithyponym to attack a person or object … Useful english dictionary
(a) clip round the ear — a clip round the ear/earhole/british informal phrase a quick hit on the side of someone’s head, especially as a punishment Dad used to threaten us with a clip round the earhole. Thesaurus: hit with the hand or a weaponhyponym to attack a person… … Useful english dictionary
clip — clip1 [klıp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for fastening)¦ 2¦(film)¦ 3¦(gun)¦ 4 at a good/rapid/fast etc clip 5¦(cut)¦ 6 a clip round the ear/earhole 7¦(newspaper)¦ 8 $100/50 cents etc a clip ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1,3,8; Date: 1400 1500; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
clip */ — I UK [klɪp] / US verb Word forms clip : present tense I/you/we/they clip he/she/it clips present participle clipping past tense clipped past participle clipped 1) a) [transitive] to fasten one thing to another using a small object He collected up … English dictionary
clip — 1 noun 1 FOR FASTENING (C) a small metal or plastic object for holding or fastening things together: Fasten the microphone clip to your shirt front. | hair clip (=a piece of metal or plastic for keeping hair in the right place) see also: bulldog… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
earhole — ear|hole [ˈıəhəul US ˈırhoul] n BrE informal your ear →clip round the earhole at ↑clip1 (6) … Dictionary of contemporary English
earhole — noun (C) BrE informal your ear: If you don t shut up I ll give you a clip round the earhole! (=hit you) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
clip someone round the ear — clip someone round the ear/earhole/british informal phrase to hit the side of someone’s head quickly, especially as a punishment Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym punishment of being hithyponym to attack a person or object … Useful english dictionary
