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Clipper
01
sécateur, cisailles
a handheld metal tool with sharp blades used to trim nails or cut hair
Exemples
She uses a clipper to keep her nails neat and short.
Elle utilise un coupe-ongles pour garder ses ongles nets et courts.
The barber picked up the clipper to shape the sides of his haircut.
Le coiffeur a pris la tondeuse pour façonner les côtés de sa coupe de cheveux.
02
a tool for cutting grass, shrubs, or other vegetation
Exemples
He trimmed the hedge neatly using garden clippers.
The gardener sharpened the clippers before pruning the bushes.
03
a large, fast sailing ship of the 19th century, built for speed and used mainly in trade and passenger transport
Exemples
The clipper raced across the Atlantic with unmatched speed.
Tea clippers once carried cargo between China and England.
04
(in electronics) a nonlinear circuit designed to restrict or limit the amplitude of a signal by clipping off its peaks
Exemples
The engineer added a clipper to prevent signal distortion.
Clippers are essential in audio circuits to control peak levels.
Arbre Lexical
clipper
clip
