nipper

Meaning

Noun

1. One who, or that which, nips.
2. Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
3. (slang) A child.
4. A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
5. A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
6. (slang) A mosquito.
7. One of four foreteeth in a horse.
8. (obsolete) A satirist.
9. (obsolete,slang) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
10. A fish, the cunner.
11. A European crab (Polybius henslowii).
12. The claws of a crab or lobster.
13. A young bluefish.
14. A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.
15. One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
16. One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.

Verb

To seize (two ropes) together.

Synonyms

claw

chela

pincers

tike

kid

🧒

tiddler

nestling

tyke

child

🧒

pincer

minor

youngster

tongs

small fry

pliers

lad

forceps

fry

boy

👦

shaver

tiny tot

titch

tweezers

young man

Fry

Saxon

poker

clutch

eyeglasses

👓

fella

feller

girl

👧

gnat

guy

handcuffs

laddie

little boy

midge

nippers

pince-nez

pinchers

blighter

son

squirt

stripling

teenager

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɪpə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From nip + -er.