clipper

English

Noun

Wikipedia clipper (plural clippers)

1. Anything 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:
   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.

Translations

anything that clips

• Finnish: leikkuri (fi)

fast sailing ship

• Dutch: klipper m
• Finnish: klipperi (fi)

• French: clipperi m
• Russian: клипер (ru) (klíper) m

Derived terms

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

See also

• Clipper chip

Anagrams

• cripple

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French

Etymology

From English, see above

Noun

clipper m (plural clippers)

1. (nautical) heavy sailing ship
2. (aviation) transatlantic airplane

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition