Clipper

/ˈklɪp.ə/ · noun

Meaning

Anything or anyone that clips..

Definitions by Sense

1. Anything or anyone that clips.
2. (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
3. Something that moves swiftly; especially:
4. (entomology) An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
5. (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
6. (historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
7. (slang) A confidence trickster; a conman.
8. (slang, obsolete) Anything showy or first-rate.

Example Sentences

Yes, perhaps I’d better begin there, at the moment when I […] asked a question carelessly enough of one of the locals, who was clipping a hedge in a desultory fashion nearby. […] When I passed my hedge clipper again, he said, […]

Indeed, the French may lay twenty French crowns to one, they will beat us; for they bear them on their shoulders: but it is no English treason to cut French crowns, and to-morrow the king himself will be a clipper.

Many a wretch who has been drawn upon a hurdle, has done less mischief than those barterers of forged lies, coiners of scandal, and clippers of reputation.

Surtouts 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 […]

"You have head enough for both of us, Beck," said he. "You're sure to get us out of the scrape. I never saw your equal, and I've met with some clippers in my time too."

Well, he was courtin' Sister Sall. She was a real handsum looking gal; […] a real clipper, and as full of fun and frolic as a kitten.

Rocks was having his hair clippered by another prisoner when Collins calmly walked past and sliced open the side of his face without breaking his stride.

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• clippers
• clippering
• clippered

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