Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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clipper | Yes | No | No | No |
scissors | Yes | No | No | No |
clipper (noun) | scissors (noun) |
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scissors for cutting hair or finger nails | a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze |
shears for cutting grass or shrubbery | a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move |
a fast sailing ship used in former times | an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades |
(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) |