Definition of "Clipper" :

noun: scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)

noun: shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)

noun: a fast sailing ship used in former times

noun: (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)