nipper
a person or thing that nips.
Usually nippers. a device for nipping, as pincers or forceps.
one of the two large claws of a crustacean.
Metalworking. dog (def. 11).
nippers, Older Slang. handcuffs.
Informal.
a small boy.
Chiefly British. a costermonger's helper or assistant.
Nautical. a short rope for seizing an anchor cable to a messenger from a capstan.
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How to use nipper in a sentence
The creature was covered with short hairs, and had a pair of nipper-like jaws, with which he could inflict an ugly wound.
A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.The disposal of poor nipper's earthly part was a tedious business, but it was accomplished finally.
Pippin; A Wandering Flame | Laura E. Richardsnipper Crewe's wheel, well known to every burglar in the state, with the finest kit of breakin' tools made by man hid away in it!
Pippin; A Wandering Flame | Laura E. RichardsHe is quite rightly prouder of that exploit than of all the nipper's subsequent learning.
Essays on Modern Novelists | William Lyon PhelpsDyou think you know more about fowls than I, who have handled them ever since I was a nipper?
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | A. Conan Doyle
British Dictionary definitions for nipper
/ (ˈnɪpə) /
a person or thing that nips
the large pincer-like claw of a lobster, crab, or similar crustacean
informal a small child
Australian a type of small prawn used as bait
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