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Noun
/ˈklipər/,
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clippers, plural;
  1. An instrument for cutting or trimming small pieces off things
    • - hedge clippers
  2. A person who clips or cuts
    • - a coupon clipper
  3. A microchip that inserts an identifying code into encrypted transmissions, allowing them to be deciphered by a third party having access to a government-held key

  4. A fast sailing ship, esp. one of 19th-century design with concave bows and raked masts

  1. (clipper) limiter: (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); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
  2. (clipper) a fast sailing ship used in former times
  3. (clipper) shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)
  4. The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and are a member of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division. ...
  5. A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, could carry limited bulk freight, small by later 19th century standards, and had a large total sail area. ...
  6. (Clipper (electronics)) In electronics, a clipper is a device designed to prevent the output of a circuit from exceeding a predetermined voltage level without distorting the remaining part of the applied waveform.
  7. (Clipper (lighter)) Clipper is the brand name of a type of refillable butane lighter, designed by Bryant and May. The most common design has a cylindrical body, and removable flint housing and flint. Most Clipper Lighters are produced in Spain, and the rest are produced in India . ...
  8. (Clipper (programming language)) Clipper is a computer programming language that is used to create software programs that originally operated primarily under DOS. Although it is a powerful general-purpose programming language, it was primarily used to create database/business programs.
  9. (Clipper (San Francisco Bay Area transit card)) Clipper is a transit fare payment system being implemented in the San Francisco Bay Area.[https://www.translink.org/TranslinkWeb/whatsTranslink.do About Translink], retrieved on May 11, 2009. ...
  10. (Clipper (steam automobile)) Clipper was the name of an early steam car built in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1902.
  11. (clipper) Sailing ship built for great speed. Clippers differ from other square riggers by having long and slender hulls at least six times as long as they are wide.
  12. Clipper is an encryption chip developed and sponsored by the U.S. government as part of the Capstone project.
  13. (CLIPPER) Integrated circuit containing crypto functions for voice and telephone using the SKIPJACK cipher and the Escrowed Encryption Standard. It failed to find a customer base and is no longer manufactured.
  14. (Clipper) A variety of square-rigged speed-built merchant ships built between 1790 and 1870. Often thought of as some of the most beautiful and elegant sailing vessels ever built. The three-masted Cutty Sark on display at Greenwich, England may well be the best known of the clippers. ...
  15. (Clipper) Another word for the old-fashioned pin punch.
  16. (Clipper) Denotes high-quality swordfish or mahi mahi, usually caught and frozen at sea.
  17. (Clipper) Originally the name for a tamper-resistant encryption chip designed by the U.S. National Security Agency for voice encryption. The chip has built-in key escrow features to facilitate wire-tapping. ...
  18. (Clipper) Trim level/accessories package used for a short period of time on the Deluxe Kombi Bay Window Bus.  Included large metal sunroof, front and rear bumper trim, rear window jail bars, and chrome trim on the interior, among other items. ...
  19. (Clipper) a criminal who removed the edges of coins in order to steal some of the precious metal from which coins were made.
  20. (Clipper) generic name for the planes flown by Pan American on its trans-oceanic routes.  See also China Clipper.
  21. (The Clipper) September 6, 1879. Quoted in Toll 205.
  22. (clipper) person or thing that is first-rate, classy, worthy of admiration.
  23. Clipper is an all-in-one transit card now accepted on Golden Gate Transit and Ferry and local Marin Transit buses. Currently one can load cash onto the card for one way fares. Transfers are automatically granted to regional and local buses except for the stage and shuttle routes. ...
  24. The Clipper Tool is used to clip (IE, cut away) parts of a brush in order to alter it's shape. This is generally used to turn a standard 6 sided brush into a brush with fewer or more sides, depending on what is required for it's placement. ...
  25. Scissor like object used for cutting, clipping, shearing etc.