NIPPER

claw, chela, nipper, pincer

(noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling

(noun) a young person of either sex; “she writes books for children”; “they’re just kids”; “‘tiddler’ is a British term for youngster”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

nipper (plural nippers)

One who, or that which, nips.

(usually, in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.

(slang) A child.

(AU) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.

(historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.

(Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.

One of four foreteeth in a horse.

(obsolete) A satirist.

(obsolete, slang) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.

A fish, the cunner.

A European crab (Polybius henslowii).

The claws of a crab or lobster.

A young bluefish.

(dated) A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.

One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.

Synonyms

• (pickpocket): see pickpocket

Verb

nipper (third-person singular simple present nippers, present participle nippering, simple past and past participle nippered)

(nautical, transitive) To seize (two ropes) together.

Proper noun

Nipper (plural Nippers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nipper is the 7958th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4157 individuals. Nipper is most common among White (91.15%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary


Nip"per, n.

1. One who, or that which, nips.

2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.

3. A satirist. [Obs.] Ascham.

4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]

5. (Zoöl.) (a) The cunner. (b) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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