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