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nip⋅per

  [nip-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that nips.
2. Usually, nippers. a device for nipping, as pincers or forceps.
3. one of the two large claws of a crustacean.
4. Metalworking. dog (def. 13).
5. nippers, Older Slang. handcuffs.
6. Informal.
a. a small boy.
b. Chiefly British. a costermonger's helper or assistant.
7. Nautical. a short rope for seizing an anchor cable to a messenger from a capstan.
Origin:
1525–35; nip 1 + -er 1
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dog

  [dawg, dog] noun, verb, dogged, dog⋅ging.
–noun
1. a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
2. any carnivore of the dogfamily Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and slender muzzle, a deep-chested muscular body, a bushy tail, and large, erect ears. Compare canid.
3. the male of such an animal.
4. any of various animals resembling a dog.
5. a despicable man or youth.
6. Informal. a fellow in general: a lucky dog.
7. dogs, Slang. feet.
8. Slang.
a. something worthless or of extremely poor quality: That used car you bought is a dog.
b. an utter failure; flop: Critics say his new play is a dog.
9. Slang. an ugly, boring, or crude person.
10. Slang. hot dog.
11. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. either of two constellations, Canis Major or Canis Minor.
12. Machinery.
a. any of various mechanical devices, as for gripping or holding something.
b. a projection on a moving part for moving steadily or for tripping another part with which it engages.
13. Also called gripper, nipper. Metalworking. a device on a drawbench for drawing the work through the die.
14. a cramp binding together two timbers.
15. an iron bar driven into a stone or timber to provide a means of lifting it.
16. an andiron; firedog.
17. Meteorology. a sundog or fogdog.
18. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter D.
–verb (used with object)
19. to follow or track like a dog, esp. with hostile intent; hound.
20. to drive or chase with a dog or dogs.
21. Machinery. to fasten with dogs.
—Idioms
22. dog it, Informal.
a. to shirk one's responsibility; loaf on the job.
b. to retreat, flee, renege, etc.: a sponsor who dogged it when needed most.
23. go to the dogs, Informal. to deteriorate; degenerate morally or physically: This neighborhood is going to the dogs.
24. lead a dog's life, to have an unhappy or harassed existence: He maintained that he led a dog's life in the army.
25. let sleeping dogs lie, to refrain from action that would alter an existing situation for fear of causing greater problems or complexities.
26. put on the dog, Informal. to assume an attitude of wealth or importance; put on airs.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME dogge, OE docga

Related forms:
dogless, adjective
doglike, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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nip·per   (nĭp'ər)   


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n.  

  1. A tool, such as pliers or pincers, used for squeezing or nipping. Often used in the plural.

  2. A pincerlike part, such as the large claw of a crustacean.

  3. Chiefly British A small boy.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
dog

  1. n.
    a foot. (Usually plural.) : I gotta get home and soak my dogs.
  2. n.
    an ugly girl. (Rude and derogatory.) : I'm no dog, but I could wish for some changes.
  3. n.
    something undesirable or worthless; merchandise that no one wants to buy. : Put the dogs out on the sale table so people will see them.
  4. n.
    dog dung. (See also dog-doo.) : There's some dog on the lawn.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

dog  (v.)
"to track like a dog," 1519, see dog (n.). Dogged "persistent" is from 1779.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dog
Pronunciation: 'dog
Function: noun
often attributive : a highly variable carnivorous domesticated mammal of the genus Canis(C. familiaris) closely related to the common wolf (Canis lupus); broadly : any member of the family Canidae

Main Entry: nip·per
Pronunciation: 'nip-&r
Function: noun
1 : any of various devices (as pincers) for gripping, breaking, or cutting (asnails or cuticle) —usually used in plural
2 : an incisor of a horse; especially : one of the middle four incisors —compare CORNER TOOTH, DIVIDER
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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