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clip-on

[ klip-on, -awn ]

adjective

  1. designed to be clipped on easily, especially by a self-attached clip:

    a clip-on bow tie.



noun

  1. a clip-on device, ornament, or the like.

clip on

verb

  1. tr to attach by means of a clip
  2. intr to be attached by means of a clip

    this clips on here

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. designed to be attached by means of a clip

    a clip-on bow tie

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

plural noun

  1. sunglasses designed to be clipped on to a person's spectacles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clip-on1

First recorded in 1905–10; adj., noun use of verb phrase clip on
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Example Sentences

The Golden Girls The Dutch sure do take their glowing hairpieces and clip-on earrings seriously.

The added hair appears to be a mini-weave, probably involving clip-on tracks.

I imagine John Adams would have had been unenthused if John Quincy had come home with a clip-on tie.

Cooper came up with a clip-on microphone that officers could use within walking distance of the car “base.”

Rumours that Lego are producing a new clip-on Pippa Bum are unfounded.

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