clipper
Anything or anyone that clipsAnything or anyone that clips.
» I can't find my fingernail clippers.
Meaning
9 sensesAnything or anyone that clips.
куса́чкиkusáčki
(in the plural)A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
Something that moves swiftly; especially:
Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
Klipper
кли́перklíper
кліперkliper
(informal)An Alberta clipper.
An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
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.
(obsolete, slang)Anything showy or first-rate.
- scissors for cutting hair or finger nails
- shears for cutting grass or shrubbery
- a fast sailing ship used in former times
- (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)
Examples
23 sentencesI can't find my fingernail clippers.
I can't find my nail clippers.
I can't find my toenail clippers.
Do you use fingernail clippers to cut your toenails?
deBenutzt du einen Nagelknipser, um dir die Zehennägel zu schneiden?
Do you have a nail clipper I could use?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English clipper, equivalent to clip (“cut, shorten”) + -er (suffix forming ageFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: clippersSynonyms
2 synonyms- a fast sailing ship used in former times:clipper ship
- (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform):limiter