ALL meanings of clipper
clip·per
C c - noun plural clipper Clippers are a tool used for cutting small amounts from something, especially from someone's hair or nails. 3
- countable noun clipper In former times, a clipper was a fast sailing ship. 3
- noun clipper any fast sailing ship 3
- noun clipper a person or thing that cuts or clips 3
- noun clipper something, such as a horse or sled, that moves quickly 3
- noun clipper a person who cuts, trims, etc. 3
- noun clipper a tool for cutting or trimming 3
- noun clipper a sharp-bowed, narrow-beamed sailing ship (c. 1830-54) built for great speed 3
- noun clipper a modified form of this with less speed and greater cargo capacity 3
- noun clipper a horse, sled, etc. regarded as very swift 3
- noun clipper a circuit designed to limit the amplitude of an output signal to a preset level 3
- noun Definition of clipper in Technology 1. (hardware, cryptography) An integrated circuit which implements the SkipJack algorithm. The Clipper is manufactured by the US government to encrypt telephone data. It has the added feature that it can be decrypted by the US government, which has tried to make the chip compulsory in the United States. Phil Zimmerman (inventor of PGP) remarked, "This doesn't even pass the sniff test" (i.e. it stinks). 2. A compiled dBASE dialect from Nantucket Corp, LA. Versions: Winter 85, Spring 86, Autumn 86, Summer 87, 4.5 (Japanese Kanji), 5.0. It uses the Xbase programming language. 1
- noun clipper a person or thing that clips or cuts. 1
- noun clipper Often, clippers. (often used with a plural verb) a cutting tool, especially shears: hedge clippers. 1
- noun clipper Usually, clippers. (usually used with a plural verb) a mechanical or electric tool for cutting hair, fingernails, or the like: He told the barber, “No clippers on the sides, please.”. 1
- noun clipper Nautical.. Also called clipper ship. 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. 1
- noun clipper Electronics. a device that gives output only for an input above or below a certain critical value. 1
- noun clipper a person or thing that moves along swiftly. 1
- noun clipper An instrument for cutting or trimming small pieces off things. 1
- noun clipper type of sailing ship 1
- noun plural clipper shears: cutting tool 1
- noun clipper Anything that clips. 0
- noun clipper (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails. 0
- noun clipper Something that moves swiftly; especially. 0
- noun clipper (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value. 0