nipper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a young person of either sex
    tiddler; tyke; small fry; nestling; youngster; child; fry; shaver; tike; minor; kid.
    • she writes books for children
    • they're just kids
    • `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
  2. noun a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
    claw; chela; pincer.

WordNet


Nip"per noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, nips.
  2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
  3. A satirist. Obs. Ascham.
  4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. Old Cant
  5. (Zoöl.) (a) The cunner. (b) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).

Webster 1913