A clipper is a type of fast sailing vessel, generally from the 19th century.

Clipper or clippers may also refer to:

Business

  • Clipper Logistics, a British logistics company
  • Clipper Teas, branded as "Clipper", a British fairtrade tea company
  • Clipper Windpower, a wind turbine manufacturer
  • Clipper (lighter), a brand of cigarette lighter

Computing and electronics

  • Clipper (programming language), a programming language for dBase III
  • Clipper (electronics), a device that restricts the output of an alternating current circuit
  • Clipper (video game), a 1982 video game written by John S. Bayes
  • Clipper chip, a symmetric encryption integrated circuit developed by the NSA, defunct by 1996, that had a built-in backdoor
  • Clipper architecture, 32-bit RISC-like computing architecture

Places in the United States

  • Clipper, Arkansas, an unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas
  • Clipper, Washington, an unincorporated community
  • Clipper Mountains, Mojave Desert, California
  • Clipper Valley, Mojave Desert, California

Sports

  • Los Angeles Clippers, a National Basketball Association (NBA) team
  • San Diego Clippers (NBA G League), an NBA G League team
  • Columbus Clippers, a minor league baseball franchise
  • Baltimore Clippers, a minor league ice hockey team
  • Nanaimo Clippers, a junior ice hockey team

Transportation

Air

  • Boeing 314 Clipper, a Pan Am and BOAC (British Airways) flying boat
  • Boeing C-40 Clipper, a military version of the Boeing 737-700C airline transport
  • Cessna 303 Clipper, the original model of the Cessna T303 Crusader light aircraft
  • Pan Am Clipper, a callsign for Pan American World Airways
  • Piper PA-16 Clipper, a small aircraft
  • Raj Hamsa Clipper, an Indian ultralight trike design
  • Spartan Clipper, a British 1930s light touring aeroplane
  • Worldwide Ultralite Clipper, ultralight aircraft

Land

  • Clipper (steam automobile), built in Michigan in 1902
  • Allard Clipper, a microcar produced in London in 1953 and 1954
  • Nissan Clipper, two ranges of commercial vehicle
  • Packard Clipper, a 1940s/50s American automobile, and a stand-alone marque
  • Trident Clipper, a British sports car (1966-1974)

Water

  • , a retired steel-hulled auto and train ferry also known as SS Clipper
  • Clipper Group, an international shipping company founded in 1991
  • Clipper Navigation, a private company which operates ferries etc. in the Seattle–Vancouver area
  • Clipper, a type of cruising yacht, a masthead cutter, used in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

Space

  • Delta Clipper, a reusable space vehicle
  • Europa Clipper, a NASA mission to conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon Europa
  • Kliper or Clipper, a space vehicle developed by the Russian Roskosmos in cooperation with the ESA

Other uses

  • Clipper (nickname), a list of people
  • Alberta clipper, a fast-moving weather system
  • The Clipper, a newspaper published in Hobart, Tasmania, from 1893 to 1909
  • New York Clipper, a newspaper from 1853 to 1924
  • Hair clipper, used to cut hair
  • Hedge clipper, a gardening tool
  • Nail clipper, used to cut fingernails
  • Operation Clipper, a World War II offensive in western Germany
  • Clipper barb, an African freshwater fish
  • Clipper butterflies, the genus Parthenos and in particular the species Parthenos sylvia
  • Clipper card, a smart card for paying transit fares in the San Francisco Bay Area

See also

  • Yankee Clipper (disambiguation)