ALL meanings of clippers
clip·per
C c - noun plural clippers a hand tool with two cutting blades for clipping fingernails, hedges, etc 3
- noun plural clippers a hairdresser's tool, operated either by hand or electrically, with one fixed and one reciprocating set of teeth for cutting short hair 3
- noun clippers a person or thing that clips or cuts. 1
- noun clippers Often, clippers. (often used with a plural verb) a cutting tool, especially shears: hedge clippers. 1
- noun clippers 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 clippers 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 clippers Electronics. a device that gives output only for an input above or below a certain critical value. 1
- noun clippers a person or thing that moves along swiftly. 1
- noun clippers Plural form of clipper. 1
- noun clippers plural of clipper. 0
- noun clippers A tool for clipping something. 0