Synonyms

nippers

[nip-er]

nip·per

[nip-er]
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.
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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.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1525–35; nip1 + -er1
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Nippers is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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nippers (ˈnɪpəz)
 
pl n
an instrument or tool, such as a pair of pliers, for snipping, pinching, or squeezing

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nippers definition


  1. n.
    handcuffs; leg fetters. : No, not the nippers. They hurt my arms.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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