nippers
plural of nipper
• prespin, snipper
Nippers
plural of Nipper
• prespin, snipper
Source: Wiktionary
Nip"pers, n. pl. Etym: [From 2d Nip.]
1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
2. (Mach.)
Definition: A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger.
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
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
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