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nipper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nipper has 2 senses
- nipper(n = noun.person) child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" has parts: child's body
- nipper(n = noun.animal) chela, claw, pincer - a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods; Array is a part of crustacean
is a kind of juvenile, juvenile person
has particulars: bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddy, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif
is a kind of appendage, extremity, member
Derived form verb nip1
CIDE DICTIONARY
nipper, n.
- One who, or that which, nips. [1913 Webster]
- A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number. [1913 Webster]
- A satirist. Ascham. [1913 Webster]
- A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [1913 Webster]
- The cunner. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nipper, n.
1 a person or thing that nips.
2 the claw of a crab, lobster, etc.
3 Brit. colloq. a young child.
4 (in pl.) any tool for gripping or cutting, e.g. forceps or pincers.
1 a person or thing that nips.
2 the claw of a crab, lobster, etc.
3 Brit. colloq. a young child.
4 (in pl.) any tool for gripping or cutting, e.g. forceps or pincers.
THESAURUS
nipper
bairn, bud, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, child, chit, claws, clutches, darling, digits, fangs, fingernails, fingers, hands, hooks, innocent, jaws, juvenile, kid, kitten, lamb, lambkin, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, mandibles, maxillae, meathooks, mite, mitts, moppet, nails, nippers, offspring, palm, peewee, pincers, pounces, shaver, tad, talons, teeth, tot, unguals, ungulae, wee tot, youngling, youngster
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