clipper

1. (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.in-plural

2. Something that moves swiftly; especially:

3. Something that moves swiftly; especially:informal

4. (entomology) An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.

5. (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.

6. (historical) A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.Examples: "Indeed, the French may lay twenty French crowns to one, they will beat us; for they bear them on their shoulders: but it is no English treason to cut French crowns, and to-morrow the king himself will be a clipper."; "Many a wretch who has been drawn upon a hurdle, has done less mischief than those barterers of forged lies, coiners of scandal, and clippers of reputation."; "Surtouts billowing in an unseasonably fierce wind, the ursine Chelmsford magistrate and his equally bulky constable herded their bound prisoners – three murderers, three thieves, a coin clipper, two convicted witches – across the Common […]"historical