clipper

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English clipper, equivalent to clip (“cut, shorten”) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns). The type of sailing ship is probably also from clip, in the sense of “move or run rapidly”. Perhaps influenced by Middle Dutch klepper (“swift horse”), from kleppen (“to clap”), which is onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === (non-rhotic) (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈklɪp.ə/, [ˈkʰl̥ɪp.ə] (rhotic) (General American, Standard Canadian) IPA(key): /ˈklɪp.ɚ/, [ˈkʰl̥ɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈkʰl̥ɪp.ɹ̩] Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) Hyphenation: clip‧per === Noun === clipper (plural clippers) Anything or anyone that clips. (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails. Something that moves swiftly; especially: (nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem. (informal) An Alberta clipper. (entomology) An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae. (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value. (historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges. (slang) A confidence trickster; a conman. (slang, obsolete) Anything showy or first-rate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: (nautical) klipper, klipperaak m or f ==== Translations ==== === Verb === clipper (third-person singular simple present clippers, present participle clippering, simple past and past participle clippered) (transitive) To cut or style (the hair) using clippers. === See also === Clipper chip === References === === Anagrams === cripple == French == === Etymology 1 === From English clipper. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kli.pœʁ/ Hyphenation: clip‧per ==== Noun ==== clipper m (plural clippers) (nautical) heavy sailing ship (aviation) transatlantic airplane === Etymology 2 === From clip. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kli.pe/ Hyphenation: clip‧per ==== Verb ==== clipper (transitive) to clip ===== Conjugation ===== === References === Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition === Further reading === “clipper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012