nipper

English

/ˈnɪpə(ɹ)/

noun
Definitions
  • One who, or that which, nips.
  • (usually) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
  • (slang) A child.
  • (AU) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
  • (historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
  • (Canada) A mosquito.
  • One of four foreteeth in a horse.
  • (obsolete) A satirist.
  • (obsolete) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
  • A fish, the cunner.
  • A European crab ().
  • The claws of a crab or lobster.
  • A young bluefish.
  • (dated) A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.
  • One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.

Etymology

Suffix from English nip (a nipple).

Origin

English

nip

Gloss

a nipple

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