clipper
clip·per/ˈklɪp.ɚ/noun, verb
clipper is spelled C-L-I-P-P-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables (clip·per). It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, clipper means “Anything or anyone that clips” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of clipper is clippers.
How many letters and syllables are in clipper?
| Letters | 7: C-L-I-P-P-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: clip·per |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 26,776th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is clipper?
Clipper appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce clipper?
- UK /ˈklɪp.ə/
- UK [ˈkʰl̥ɪp.ə]
- US /ˈklɪp.ɚ/
Clipper has 2 syllables, split clip·per in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-clipper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with clipper?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as clipper from its last stressed vowel (/ɪpəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cripple.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of clipper
- clippers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- clippering participle, present
- clippered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clipper mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anything or anyone that clips.
- 2
A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
- 3
Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
- 4
informalAn Alberta clipper.
- 5
An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
- 6
A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
- 7
A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
- 8
slangA confidence trickster; a conman.
verb
- 1
To cut or style (the hair) using clippers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Clipper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fast sailing ship:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does clipper come from?
From Middle English clipper, equivalent to clip (“cut, shorten”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). The type of sailing ship is probably also from clip, in the sense of “move or run rapidly”. Perhaps influenced by Middle Dutch klepper (“swift horse”), from kleppen (“to clap”), which is onomatopoeic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).