a hand tool with two cutting blades for clipping fingernails, hedges, etc
2.
a hairdresser's tool, operated either by hand or electrically, with one fixed andone reciprocating set of teeth for cutting short hair
Examples of 'clippers' in a sentence
clippers
In those creaking clippers of an extinct era, fire at sea was a terror always in the thoughts of passengers and crew.
Malcolm, John GOTHIC PURSUIT
Word lists with
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In other languages
clippers
British English: clippers /ˈklɪpəz/ NOUN
Clippers are a tool used for cutting small amounts from something, especially from someone's hair or nails.
American English: clippers
Arabic: آلَة قَصّ الشَعَر
Brazilian Portuguese: tesoura
Chinese: 大剪刀
Croatian: šišalica
Czech: nůžky na nehty
Danish: negleklipper/saks
Dutch: nagelknipper
European Spanish: cortaúñas
Finnish: leikkuri
French: tondeuse cheveux
German: Schere
Greek: κουρευτική μηχανή
Italian: forbici
Japanese: はさみ
Korean: 큰 가위
Norwegian: saks
Polish: cążki
European Portuguese: cortador
Romanian: foarfece
Russian: кусачки
Latin American Spanish: cortaúñas
Swedish: trädgårdssax
Thai: เครื่องมือใช้ตัด
Turkish: makas tırnak/saç/tel/çalı
Ukrainian: кусачки
Vietnamese: kéo xén
All related terms of 'clippers'
clipper
Clippers are a tool used for cutting small amounts from something, especially from someone's hair or nails .
limiter
an electronic circuit that produces an output signal whose positive or negative amplitude , or both, is limited to some predetermined value above which the peaks become flattened
hair clippers
a type of clippers used to cut human hair close, used esp by barbers on head and facial hair
nail clippers
a handheld metal trimmer for shortening the fingernails and toenails
hedge clippers
clippers or shears used to trim hedges
Alberta clipper
(in Canada) an area of low pressure that forms in winter near the Rocky Mountains