Meanings
nounpaper clip (plural paper clips)
plural paper clips · alternative paperclip
- UShumorousListed 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مِشْبَك وَرَق
- مِشْبَك وَرَق (mišbak waraq)paper clip
Bulgarian кла́мер
- кла́мер (klámer)paper clip
Catalan clip
- clippaper clip
Chinese Cantonese 萬字夾 /万字夹
- 萬字夾 /万字夹paper clip
Chinese Mandarin 回形針 /回形针, 萬字夾 /万字夹
- 回形針 /回形针 (huíxíngzhēn)paper clip
- 萬字夾 /万字夹 (wànzìjiā)paper clip
- 迴紋針 /回纹针 (huíwénzhēn)paper clip
- 回文針 /回文针 (huíwénzhēn)paper clip
- 曲別針 /曲别针 (qūbiézhēn)paper clip
- 紙夾 /纸夹 (zhǐjiā)paper clip
Czech kancelářská sponka, sponka
- kancelářská sponkapaper clip
- sponkapaper clip
Danish clips, papirklips
- clipspaper clip
- papirklipspaper clip
Dutch paperclip
- paperclippaper clip
Esperanto paperklipo, paperfiksilo
- paperklipopaper clip
- paperfiksilopaper clip
Estonian kirjaklamber, klamber
- kirjaklamberpaper clip
- klamberpaper clip
Finnish paperiliitin, klemmari
- paperiliitinpaper clip
- klemmaripaper clip
French trombone
- trombonepaper clip
German Büroklammer, Klammer
- Büroklammerpaper clip
- Klammerpaper clip
Greek συνδετήρας
- συνδετήρας (syndetíras)paper clip
Hebrew מְהַדֵּק
- מְהַדֵּק (mehadéq)paper clip
Hungarian gemkapocs
- gemkapocspaper clip
Icelandic bréfaklemma
- bréfaklemmapaper clip
Indonesian penjepit kertas
- penjepit kertaspaper clip
Irish fáiscín páipéar
- fáiscín páipéarpaper clip
Italian graffetta, fermaglio
- graffettapaper clip
- fermagliopaper clip
Japanese クリップ, 紙挟み
- クリップ (kurippu)paper clip
- 紙挟み (kamibasami)paper clip
Korean 클립
- 클립 (keullip)paper clip
Lithuanian sąvaržėlė
- sąvaržėlėpaper clip
Māori pine pepa, kinipepa
- pine pepapaper clip
- kinipepapaper clip
Norwegian binders
- binderspaper clip
Persian کلیپس, گیرهٔ کاغذ
- کلیپس (klips)paper clip
- گیرهٔ کاغذpaper clip
Polish spinacz
- spinaczpaper clip
Portuguese clipe, clips
- clipepaper clip
- clipspaper clip
Romanian agrafă, clemă
- agrafăpaper clip
- clemăpaper clip
Russian канцеля́рская скре́пка, скре́пка
- канцеля́рская скре́пка (kanceljárskaja skrépka)paper clip
- скре́пка (skrépka)paper clip
Slovak sponka
- sponkapaper clip
Spanish clip, sujetapapeles
- clippaper clip
- sujetapapelespaper clip
- prendedorpaper clip
- binchapaper clip
Swedish gem
- gempaper clip
Turkish ataş, tutturgaç
- ataşpaper clip
- tutturgaçpaper clip
Ukrainian канцеля́рська скрі́пка, скрі́пка
- канцеля́рська скрі́пка (kanceljársʹka skrípka)paper clip
- скрі́пка (skrípka)paper clip
Cite this entry
APA
paper clip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20clip
MLA
“paper clip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20clip. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paper clip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20clip.
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