# Clipper (disambiguation)

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

## 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

* SS Milwaukee Clipper, 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 planned NASA mission that will 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