Clipper

What do we mean by clipper?

One that cuts, shears, or clips. noun

An instrument or tool for cutting, clipping, or shearing. noun

A fast, square-rigged ship developed in the mid-19th century, having a sharp bow, tall masts, and a large sail area. noun

One that moves very fast. noun

A sailing vessel built with very sharp lines, more or less raking masts, and great spread of canvas, with a view to speed: a development of a model for the mercantile marine first built at Baltimore, U. S., and called the Baltimore clipper. noun

A person or an animal that runs swiftly, or looks as if capable of running swiftly; a very smart person; something first-rate. noun

An Australian bird of the genus Ephthianura: as, the wag-tail clipper, E. albïfrons. noun

The larva of species of Sialis, a genus of neuropterous insects, used for bait by anglers. Also called, in the United States, crawler, dobson, and hellgrammite. noun

One who or that which clips; especially, one who reduces the size, value, or importance of anything by clipping it. noun

A cutting-tool of the nature of shears; specifically, a tool with rotating or reciprocating knives used for cutting hair, and especially for clipping horses. See clipping-shears. noun

One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coins. noun

A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses. noun

A vessel with a sharp bow, built with a fast hull and tall sails, rigged for fast sailing, and used in trade where the cargo capacity was less important than the speed; -- called also clipper ship. noun

A circuit that limits the amplitude of a waveform. noun

Joe DiMaggio; -- a nickname for the player who was a prominent member of the New York Yankees baseball team in the 1940's. noun

Anything that clips. noun

A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails. noun

Something that moves swiftly; especially: noun

A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value. noun

Anything that clips.

(chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.

Something that moves swiftly; especially:

The Asian butterfly Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.

A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.

A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.

Confidence trickster; conman.

Words that are spelled similarly to clipper:
clipper, chipper, slipper, flipper, clipped, clapper, clopper, lipper, clepper, klipper.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word clipper:
cutty, clippers, sark, barque, pago, nantucket, comb, yacht, schooner, bow, encryption, chip, wrecked, pennant, panorama, ferries, sailing, pan, ship, nail, yankee, ships, sailed, webb, boeing, sails, seas, voyage, sedan, tea, sail, fare, shipyard, wharf, honolulu, cargo, flying, cruise, lancaster, vessels, horn, ranger, dinner, vessel, pier, witch, blade, card, stern, fastest, hull, rainbow, dock, custom, ferry, ventures, boats, extreme, tons, boat, airline, equity, harbour, shipping, baltimore, adelaide, fast, beam, navigation, harbor, cloud, flight, built, cape, wake, carrying, transit, fleet, tours, wind, hair, liverpool, maritime, seattle, steam, race, stem, leg, routes, freight, passage, trade, pearl, aboard, san, passenger, deck, route, donald, medium.

Words that rhyme with clipper:
dipper, chipper, skipper, slipper, flipper, gipper, stripper, kipper, zipper, nipper, ripper, tipper, tripper, shipper, yom kippur, kippur, big dipper, sipper, hipper, whipper, lipper, little dipper, knipper, carpet slipper, schipper, showy lady slipper, sippar, chip per, clip her, dip her, equip her, fellowship per, flip her, grip her, kip per, leadership per, membership per, nip her, outstrip her, ownership per, relationship her, relationship per, rip her, scholarship per, ship her, ship per, sip her, skip her, slip her, slip per, strip her, strip per, tip her, trip her, trip per, unzip her, whip her, zip her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe clipper:
american, first, electric, extreme, new, famous, negative, positive, old, little, australian, small, fine, big, parallel, british, fast, real, last, built, beautiful, next, basic, largest, coupon, regular, fastest, nail, masted, rigged, baltimore, ton, composite, true, diode, magnificent, splendid, swift, hedge, bound, wool, pan, sharp, foot, hair, transatlantic, ended, level, graceful, sleek, wooden, tall, finest, typical, handsome, type, peak, ideal, giant, huge, coin, celebrated, biased, double, brazilian, tightest, time, smart, smartest, genuine, opium, century, inveterate, semi, wonderful, known.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective clipper:
ship, ships, built, type, days, speed, barque, passengers, bow, period, clapper, era, schooner, yacht, herald.

Consonant match to clipper:
clapper, clopper, clypei, klepper, klapper, clepper, clap a, clap her, clay per, clip a, clip he, clip her, clip o, kloepper.

Words that sound like clipper:
clipper, klipper, clepper, klepper, clapper, clopper, klapper, clubber, clear, clip, clippers, clobber, kipper, kippur, clabber, klip, cleere, kleber, clippie, klipp, kleiber, clippard, quipper, clir, klippe, glibber, claire, clare, clair, caliper, cupper, clup, calliper, clep, klare, kupper, kleppe, clumper, clap, keeper, copper, cooper, clips, caper, clipped, clop, clinger, clar, clappers, capper, coper, clor, clapp, klopp, clour, clower, klar, clore, kiper, klinger, chlor, clure, kapor, cowper, klop, clamper, clitter, copr, capr, clepe, kapper, claar, kaper, clasper, kapur, klap, klapp, capre, clape, klips, chlore, cloop, klaar, koper, clope, kaliber, klier, keiper, clipt, clyburn, kopper, cupar, kliewer, chlor-, klopfer, clype, kluwer, klappe, kleur, klahr.