clipper: Meaning and Definition of

clip•per

1. a person or thing that clips or cuts.
2. Often, a cutting tool, esp. shears: hedge clippers.
3. Usually, a mechanical or electric tool for cutting hair, fingernails, or the like: He told the barber, “No clippers on the sides, please.”
4. Also calleda sailing ship built and rigged for speed, esp. a type of three-masted ship with a fast hull form and a lofty rig, built in the U.S. from c1845, and in Great Britain from a later date, until c1870, and used in trades in which speed was more important than cargo capacity.
5. a device that gives output only for an input above or below a certain critical value.
6. a person or thing that moves along swiftly.