1. a tool with two sharp blades for cutting hair, nails, or other materials
Usage: usually plural
2. fast sailing ships with tall masts and large sails
Usage: historical; nautical

Examples

• The barber used electric clippers to trim my hair.
• She cut her nails with small nail clippers.
• The hedge clippers made quick work of the overgrown bushes.
• Tea clippers raced across the ocean in the 19th century.
• He bought a new set of hair clippers for home use.
• The gardener sharpened his clippers before pruning the roses.