clip-fed

American

[klip-fed] / ˈklɪpˌfɛd /

adjective

(of a rifle) loading from a cartridge clip into the magazine.

clip-fed British

adjective

(of an automatic firearm) loaded from a cartridge clip

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Etymology

Origin of clip-fed

clip ² + fed ¹

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Another prisoner asked whether the U.S. artillery was belt-fed or clip-fed; fire had poured down on his position so fast that he thought the Americans must have developed automatic cannon of field-gun caliber.

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