banana clip

noun

1

: a clip that is slightly curved and used to hold a person's hair in place

2

slang : a curved magazine or clip for a firearm

… reached into a camouflaged vest bulging with a bayonet and banana clips of ammunition for his AK-47 …

—Paul Watson

Examples of banana clip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For ease, Amanda uses a hairdresser's sectioning clip to gather up her hair before placing the banana clip underneath, releasing the sectioning clip and fastening the banana clip. — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2024

Buy 100 feet of thick, 14-gauge (or lower/thicker) speaker wire from Amazon or your local hardware store and a pack of banana clips. — Parker Hall, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for banana clip

• apostleship
• apprenticeship
• assistantship
• championship
• chancellorship
• citizenship
• companionship
• copartnership
• dictatorship
• directorship
• discipleship
• editorship