nipper in English dictionary

  • nipper

    Meanings and definitions of "nipper"

    • any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping – usually used in plural
    • (slang) A child
    • (slang) Young child in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
    • (slang) A Newfoundland term for a "mosquito"
    • noun
      One who, or that which, nips.
    • noun
      (usually in the plural)
      Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
    • noun
      (slang)
      A child.
    • noun
      (Australia)
      A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
    • noun
      (Canada, slang, Newfoundland)
      A mosquito.
    • noun
      One of four foreteeth in a horse.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A satirist.
    • noun
      (obsolete, slang)
      A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
    • noun
      A fish, the cunner.
    • noun
      A European crab ( Polybius henslowii).
    • noun
      The claws of a crab or lobster.
    • noun
      a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
    • noun
      a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

    Synonyms of "nipper" in English dictionary

    member, shaver, minor are the top synonyms of "nipper" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of nipper

    • nipper ( plural  nippers)
    • nipper (plural nippers)
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