clippers
plural of clipper
clippers pl (plural only)
A tool for clipping something.
• cripples
Source: Wiktionary
Clip"per, n.
1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin. The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket. Locke.
2. A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.
– Clip"per-built` (, a.
Note: The name was first borne by "Baltimore clippers" famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
