clipper

Meaning

Noun

1. Anything that clips.
2. A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
3. Something that moves swiftly; especially:
4. (informal) Something that moves swiftly; especially:
5. An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
6. A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
7. A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
8. (slang) A confidence trickster; a conman.
9. (obsolete,slang) Anything showy or first-rate.

Verb

To cut or style (the hair) using clippers.

Synonyms

limiter

clipper ship

scissors

✂️

chopper

clamper

clinker

die

💀

guillotine

hairdresser

interrupter

killer

pruner

pruning shears

restrainer

schooner

shears

vessel

yacht

cutting machine

debooster

limitator

lopper

sheep-shearer

boundary member

limit stop

limiting device

shears 1.

barber

💈

hand straw cutter

brigantine

caravel

Etymology

From Middle Dutch klepper and Middle English clippen, from Old English clyppan, from Proto-Germanic *klupjaną.