Associations to the word «Nipper»

Pictures for the word «Nipper»

Wiktionary

NIPPER, noun. One who, or that which, nips.
NIPPER, noun. (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
NIPPER, noun. (slang) A child.
NIPPER, noun. (AU) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
NIPPER, noun. (Canada) (slang) (Newfoundland) A mosquito.
NIPPER, noun. One of four foreteeth in a horse.
NIPPER, noun. (obsolete) A satirist.
NIPPER, noun. (obsolete) (slang) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
NIPPER, noun. A fish, the cunner.
NIPPER, noun. A European crab (Polybius henslowii).
NIPPER, noun. The claws of a crab or lobster.

Dictionary definition

NIPPER, noun. A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster".
NIPPER, noun. A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.

Wise words

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