clipper

Other forms of clipper

plural

clippers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clipper

What does clipper mean?

clipper means "(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clipper?

clipper has 2 syllables: clip-per. The stress falls on "clip". In IPA it is /ˈklɪpɚ/.

What is another word for clipper?

Close synonyms include limiter, clipper ship. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clipper a common word?

clipper is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.