name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
nipper
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/ˈnɪpə(ɹ)/
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CMU ARPABET: N IH1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who, or that which, nips.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
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Usage: plural-normally
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noun
Meaning 4
A child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 5
A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
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Usage: Australia
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noun
Meaning 6
A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 7
A mosquito.
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Usage: Canada, Newfoundland, slang
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noun
Meaning 8
One of four foreteeth in a horse.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 9
A satirist.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 10
A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
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Usage: obsolete, slang
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Synonyms: cutpurse, dip, dipper, foist, footpad, gonoph, nip, nipper, pickpocket, pickpocketer, pickpurse, prig
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noun
Meaning 11
A fish, the cunner.
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noun
Meaning 12
A European crab (Polybius henslowii).
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Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 13
The claws of a crab or lobster.
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noun
Meaning 14
A young bluefish.
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noun
Meaning 15
A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.
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Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 16
One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
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noun
Meaning 17
One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.
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Usage: historical
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verb
Meaning 18
To seize (two ropes) together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 19
a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: claw, chela, pincer
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Broader terms: extremity, appendage, member
noun
Meaning 20
a young person of either sex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: juvenile, juvenile person
Narrower terms: bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, kiddy, orphan, peanut, pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny, poster child, preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener, silly, sprog, toddler, yearling, tot, bambino, urchin, waif, street child
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English nip Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English nipper From nip + -er.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: špunt — slang term for a small child
- Czech: prcek — slang term for a small child
- Czech: klouček — slang term for a small child
- Italian: pinza — slang term for a small child
- Māori: karekata — slang term for a small child
- Polish: berbeć — slang term for a small child
- Russian: карапуз (karapuz) — slang term for a small child
- Spanish: mico — slang term for a small child