clipper

Meaning

Noun

1. Anything or anyone that clips.
2. (in-plural) 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. (historical) 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

Translations

klipper

Klipper

clíper

recortador

clipper

clíper

Clipper-Schaltung

Begrenzer

Begrenzerschaltung

clipperi

Mähmaschine

coursier

course-croisière

macchinetta

είδος ιστιοφόρου

Etymology

From Middle English clipper, equivalent to clip (“cut, shorten”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). The type of sailing ship is probably also from clip, in the sense of “move or run rapidly”. Perhaps influenced by Middle Dutch klepper (“swift horse”), from kleppen (“to clap”), which is onomatopoeic.