nipper

nip·per

N0112900 (nĭp′ər)n.1. often nippers A tool, such as pliers or pincers, used for squeezing or nipping.2. A pincerlike part, such as the large claw of a crustacean.3. Chiefly British A small boy.

nipper

(ˈnɪpə) n1. a person or thing that nips2. (Zoology) the large pincer-like claw of a lobster, crab, or similar crustacean3. informal a small child4. Austral a type of small prawn used as bait

nip•per

(ˈnɪp ər)

n. 1. a person or thing that nips. 2. Usu., nippers. a device for nipping, as pincers or forceps. 3. one of the two large claws of a crustacean. 4. a. a small boy. b. Chiefly Brit. a costermonger's assistant. [1525–35]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nipper - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"kid, minor, child, tiddler, youngster, tike, nestling, shaver, small fry, tyke, frychild's body - the body of a human childjuvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developedbairn - a child: son or daughterbuster - a robust childchangeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancychild prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy"foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parentsscamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievouskiddy - a young childorphan - a child who has lost both parentspeanut - a young child who is small for his agepicaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black childposter child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy"kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergartensilly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"sprog - a childbambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young childurchin - poor and often mischievous city childstreet child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
	2.	nipper - a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropodschela, pincer, clawcrustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeletonappendage, extremity, member - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"

nipper

noun1. (Informal) child, girl, boy, baby, kid (informal), infant, tot, little one, sprog (slang), munchkin (informal, chiefly U.S.), rug rat (slang), littlie (Austral. informal), ankle-biter (Austral. slang) I couldn't have been much more than a nipper when you last saw me.2. pincer, claw Just inside the ragworm's mouth is a sharp, powerful pair of nippers.

Translations

Steppkemoucheronbambino