clipper

IPA: kɫˈɪpɝ

noun

  • Anything that clips.
  • (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
  • Something that moves swiftly; especially:
  • (nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
  • (informal) An Alberta clipper.
  • (entomology) The Asian butterfly Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
  • (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
  • (historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
  • (slang) A confidence trickster; a conman.
  • (slang, obsolete) Anything showy or first-rate.
  • A surname from German.
  • An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

verb

  • (transitive) To cut or style (the hair) using clippers.
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