paper clip

noun

: a length of wire bent into flat loops that is used to hold papers together

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Students are using various easily accessible items to do this, including writing utensils, paper clips, gum wrappers, and pushpins. Ashley Belanger – May 9, ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025 Kids lodge anything from lead from mechanical pencils, push pins, metallic gum wrappers, paper clips, and nails into the USB port of the laptop, said Mark F. Zito, the superintendent of Rocky Hill Public Schools in Connecticut, to CT Insider. Annabelle Canela, Parents, 7 May 2025 Right now, the team is being shakily held together with baling wire, adhesive tape and paper clips. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2025 Attach the paper clip/safety pin to one end of the drawstring. Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for paper clip

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of paper clip was in 1851

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“Paper clip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20clip. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

paper clip

noun
: a length of wire bent into flat loops that is used to hold papers together
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