0 a board with a clip at the top that holds sheets of paper in position and provides a surface for writing on: --
1 an area for storing information temporarily in a computer when you are moving it from one position or document to another: --
2 a board with a piece of metal at the top that holds sheets of paper in position and provides a surface for writing on --
3 a board with a clip at the top which holds sheets of paper in place, and which provides a surface for writing on: --
She was approached by a market researcher with a clipboard.
4 an area for storing information temporarily in a computer when you are moving it from one position or document to another: --
People who respond to opinion polls in this country do not do what they say they will do when confronted by somebody with a clipboard in the street.
Recently, bus drivers on routes through the borough were faced with clipboard-bearing pensioners who took up their seats and settled themselves behind the drivers to gauge their driving styles.
Others display a clipboard mentality.
I do not know whether he used a clipboard; it is more likely that he got someone else to carry out the survey, and perhaps they used a clipboard.
As soon as the block of leaseholds was bought, the new owners sent around a man with a clipboard—a surveyor—to look around the properties and make notes.
A non-smiling person with a clipboard can seem absolutely irrelevant and intrusive.
The council did not send round a consultation form or even a man with a clipboard.
The clipboard experience has disappeared from our streets.
