nipper

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Synonyms: dipper, ripper, kipper, zipper, tipper, nipped, napper, nippur, gipper, nippe, sipper

Antonyms: dipper, ripper, kipper, zipper, tipper, nipped, napper, nippur, gipper, nippe, sipper

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Noun

1. One who, or that which, [[nip]]s.
2. {{lb|en|usually|in the plural}} Any of various devices (as [[pincers]]) for [[nipping]].
3. {{lb|en|Britain|informal}} A [[child]].
4. {{lb|en|AU}} A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
5. {{lb|en|historical}} A [[boy]] working as a [[navvy|navvies]]' [[assistant]].
6. {{lb|en|Canada|slang|Newfoundland}} A [[mosquito]].
7. {{lb|en|archaic}} One of four [[foretooth|foreteeth]] in a [[horse]].
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[satirist]].
9. {{lb|en|obsolete|slang}} A [[pickpocket]]; a [[young]] or [[petty]] [[thief]].
10. A fish, the [[cunner]].
11. {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[European]] [[crab]] ({{w|Polybius henslowii}}).
12. The claws of a crab or lobster.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|nautical|transitive}} To [[seize]] (two [[rope]]s) [[together]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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