1. a tool with two blades for cutting hair, nails, or other materials
Usage: often used in plural
2. a fast sailing ship with tall masts and large sails
Usage: nautical; historical
3. a person who clips or cuts something

Examples

• The barber used electric clippers to trim my hair.
• She carefully trimmed the hedge with garden clippers.
• I need to cut my nails with nail clippers.
• The clipper ship sailed swiftly across the Atlantic Ocean.
• Tea clippers were famous for their speed in the 19th century.
• The ticket clipper punched holes in our train passes.
• Hair clippers make cutting much easier than scissors.