nipper

nip·per  (npr) 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.

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nipper

Noun

Brit, Austral & NZ informal a small child

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nipper - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" kid, minor, child, tiddler, youngster, tike, nestling, shaver, small fry, tyke, fry child's body - the body of a human child juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed bairn - a child: son or daughter buster - a robust child changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy" foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parents scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous kiddy - a young child orphan - a child who has lost both parents peanut - a young child who is small for his age picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" sprog - a child bambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young child urchin - poor and often mischievous city child street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
	2.	nipper - a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods chela, pincer, claw crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton appendage, extremity, member - an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"

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nipper

noun 1. (Informal), Chiefly Brit., Austral. child, girl, boy, baby, kid (informal) infant, tot, little one, sprog (slang) munchkin (informal), chiefly U.S. rug rat (slang) littlie Austral. (informal) ankle-biter Austral. (slang) tacker Austral. (slang)

noun 2. pincer, claw