clipper
(klɪpəʳ )
Word forms: clippers
1. plural noun [oft a pair of NOUN]
Clippers are a tool used for cutting small amounts from something, especially from someone's hair or nails.
2. countable noun
In former times, a clipper was a fast sailing ship.
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Collocations:
electric clippers
For the most part, it's shorn using shears unchanged for hundreds of years — the remote locations of the flocks preclude the use of electric clippers.
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The quality difference between the consumer grade and professional grade electric clippers has narrowed significantly over the years.
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Hand-operated clippers are still available but not often used, since electric clippers are so much more efficient.
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Translations:
Chinese: 剪刀
Japanese: 爪切りやヘアカットはさみなど切るための道具
- manufacturing hub
- manufacturing innovation
- manufacturing sector
- man up
- manure
- manuscript
- manuscript copy
- manuscript pages
- Manx
- many
- many happy returns
- many opportunities
- many people
- many things
- Maori
- map
- map a genome
- map a stategy
- map displays
- map indicates
- maple
- maple forest
- maple sap
- maple syrup
- maple tree