Clipper

Noun

1. Anything that clips.
• 2010, James Morrow, The Last WitchfinderSurtouts billowing in an unseasonably fierce wind, the ursine Chelmsford magistrate and his equally bulky constable herded their bound prisoners – three murderers, three thieves, a coin clipper, two convicted witches – across the Common ...
2. (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
3. Something that moves swiftly; especially:
1. (nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
2. (informal) An Alberta clipper.
4. (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.

Derived terms

• (Dutch; nautical) klipper, klipperaak m, f
• Alberta clipper

Anagrams

• cripple