nipper (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *nipper*:
NOUN	person	nipper, child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling	a young person of either sex
NOUN	animal	nipper, claw, chela, pincer	a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

nipper > pronunciation
Sounds	nih'per
Rhymes	asper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per...

English > *nipper*: 2 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	A young person of either sex.
Synonyms	child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
Parts	child's body	The body of a human child
Narrower	bairn	A child
	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
	foster-child, foster child, fosterling	A child who is raised by foster parents
	imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag	One who is playfully mischievous
	kiddy, kiddie	A young child
	orphan	A child who has lost both parents
	peanut	A young child who is small for his age
	pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny	(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
	preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener	A child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
	silly	A word used for misbehaving children
	sprog	A child
	toddler, yearling, tot, bambino	A young child
	urchin	Poor and often mischievous city child
	waif, street child	A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
Broader	juvenile, juvenile person	A young person, not fully developed
Spanish	alevín, chango, chaval, chico, chiqüelo, chiquillo, cría, criatura, crío, joven, jovenzuelo, menor de edad, menor, mozalbete, muchachuelo, nene, niño, pececillo, tike
Catalan	criatura, jove, menor, nen, tike, xaval, xic

English > *nipper*: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaning	A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.
Synonyms	claw, chela, pincer
Part of	crustacean	Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
Broader	extremity, appendage, member	An external body part that projects from the body
Spanish	pinza
Catalan	pinça
Verbs	nip	squeeze tightly between the fingers

HyperDic: nipper