Meaning

16 senses
  1. One who, or that which, nips.

  2. (usually plural)Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.

  3. (UK, informal)A child.

    карапузkarapuz

  4. (Australia)A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.

  5. (historical)A boy working as a navvies' assistant.

  6. (Canada, Newfoundland, slang)A mosquito.

  7. A fish, the cunner.

  8. The claws of a crab or lobster.

  9. A young bluefish.

    a young person of either sex

  10. (dated)A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.

  11. One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.

  12. (historical)One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
slang term for a small child:

Forms

plural: nippers
Singularnipper
Pluralnippers

regular

Synonyms

26 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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