Nipper

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nipper \Nip"per\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, nips.
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     2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
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     3. A satirist. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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     4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]
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     5. (Zool.)
        (a) The cunner.
        (b) A European crab ({Polybius Henslowii}).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nipper
       n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
            children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
            term for youngsters" [syn: {child}, {kid}, {youngster},
            {minor}, {shaver}, {small fry}, {tiddler}, {tike}, {tyke},
             {fry}, {nestling}]
       2: a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or
          other arthropods [syn: {claw}, {chela}, {pincer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "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