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clipper
[klip-er]
noun
(often used with a plural verb)Often clippers. a cutting tool, especially shears.
hedge clippers.
(usually used with a plural verb)Usually clippers. a mechanical or electric tool for cutting hair, fingernails, or the like.
He told the barber, “No clippers on the sides, please.”
Also called clipper ship.Nautical.a sailing ship built and rigged for speed, especially a type of three-masted ship with a fast hull form and a lofty rig, built in the U.S. from c1845, and in Great Britain from a later date, until c1870, and used in trades in which speed was more important than cargo capacity.
Electronics.a device that gives output only for an input above or below a certain critical value.
a person or thing that moves along swiftly.
clipper
/ ˈɪə /
noun
any fast sailing ship
a person or thing that cuts or clips
something, such as a horse or sled, that moves quickly
electronics another word for limiter
Other 51Թ Forms
- unclipper noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
On 29 April 1989, he broke into the house of a next door neighbour wearing a nylon stocking over his face, armed with a knife and hedge clippers, the court heard.
Crouched in cold mud under a thin Spring rain, vineyard employee Élodie Bonet snaps off unwanted vine shoots with her fingers and pruning clippers.
Everyone on death row used the same nail clipper that a guard would hand them when they went to the shower, he said.
At night his tiny barber shop is a beacon of power with a TV playing music videos, strings of Christmas lights and the buzz of his hair clipper.
He is meticulously cutting a member of staff's hair with a pair of clippers, and says the good time credit scheme has made him feel positive about his time in prison.
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