Nipper

Definition: Nipper

Nipper

Noun

1. A young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters".

2. A structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nipper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references)

Occupations

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Nipper

Crosswords: Nipper

French (tog), Swedish (jewellery).

Two lovely ladies and a little nipper, too (Band of Pirates; writing credit: Paulo Cesar Saraceni)

The Nipper (1930)

Nipper and the Curate (1916)

Nabbed by the Nipper (1901)

Nipper (1977)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Nipper (reference)

• Nipper : the story of Leonard 'Nipper' Read (reference)

• Nipper the Noisy Puppy (Puppy Friends, No 7) (reference)

• The Confessions of Nipper Mooney (reference)

• The Nipper. (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Articles of whale-boat gear. 1. Lantern keg containing matches, bread,&c. 2 Boat compass. 3. Water keg. 4. Piggin for bailing water 5. Waif for signaling. 6. Tub oar crotch. 7. Double oar-lock 8. Large line in line-tub. 9. Knife to cut line. 10 Row-lock. 11. Hatchet 12. Grapnel. 13. Drag or drug to retard whale. 14. Canvas nipper. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Fig. 1 - Bait chopper; Fig. 2 - Bait slivering knife Fig. 3 - Halibut killer and gob stick; Fig. 4 - Wooden hand nipper Fig. 5 - Halibut gaff; Fig. 6 - Trawl buoy and black ball Fig. 7 - Canvas skate for section of trawl; Fig. 8 - Dory scoop Drawing by Capt. J.W. Collins. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Figure 55. Burt's nipper, invented by Peter Burt, a British ship builder, in 1818. It was used to keep the sounding line vertical in spite of the motion of the ship. It was used by the British Admiralty along with a device of the same type designed by Massey. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Albanian

pickues (nipping), kanxhë gaforreje, kalama (chick, child, chit, kid, kiddy, moppet, olive-branches, piccaninny, pickaninny, tike, tot, tyke), çunak (kid, shaver, sprig). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غلام (boy, chap, child, guy, laddie, man, punk, shaver), ‏طفل (bairn, chick, child, chit, clay, infant, kid, lad, paederast, pederast, small boy, squirt, tad, tot, tyke, young), ‏الكلاب, ‏القراضة الكماشة, ‏الغلام المساعد لسائق العربة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

хлапе (bantling, cub, kid, kiddy, whelp), нещо което щипе, нещо което захапва, момченце, малчуган (kiddy), помощник на уличен продавач, помощник на количкар. (various references)

Chinese 

螯 (Astacus fluviatilis), 少年 (juvenile, Nippers, teenage, teenager). (various references)

Czech

ulièník (guttersnipe, ragamuffin, rascal, scamp, urchin), kluèina, klepeto, japonec (japanese, nip, nipponese), holèièka (baby girl, little girl). (various references)

Danish

tang (tongs), kluppe (gripper, pincer), griber (detent, grip, grip with jointed blades, griping device, gripper, hook, pincer). (various references)

Dutch

glastang (cutter's pliers), breektang (cutter's pliers), breekijzer (chisel, cutter's pliers, jemmy, pinch bar, prizing lever), bekhout (cutter's pliers). (various references)

Finnish

leikkaajan pihdit (cutter's pliers). (various references)

French

pince. (various references)

German

Zange (claw, double lock, forceps, nippers, pincers, pliers, tones, tongs), Vorderzahn (front tooth). (various references)

Greek 

πένσα (pliers), πιτσιρίκοσ, πιτσιρίκος (kid), λαβίδα (pinchers, tongs, tweezers), τσιμπίδα κοπής (cutter's pliers), τσιμπίδα (forceps, nippers, pincers, pliers, poker, tongs), δαγκάνα (claw). (various references)

Hebrew 

צובט (nippy). (various references)

Hungarian

olló (ráké) (claw), metszőfog (incisor), kis srác (kiddy). (various references)

Indonesian

pencubit, gunting (clip, clippers, scissors, shears). (various references)

Italian

pinza (claw, pliers, tongs). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, rag, taking a pitch, wafer, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistcoat, waistline, wait, waiter, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war cry, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warm-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water closet, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, wear, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding ring, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ウエストニッパー (waist nipper). (various references)

Manx

spulgeyder (pecker, pincher), pinjooryn, ordaag pinjoor, mingeyder (biter, biter of bird, pincher), guilley (batman, boy, caddie, follower, henchman, lackey, lad, linkman, page, satellite, tool, usher, verger, young male servant). (various references)

Pig Latin

ippernay.(various references)

Portuguese

tenazes (nippers, pair of pincers, pincers, pliers), presa (acquisition, booty, chase, clutch, fang, gain, hold, prey, quarry, ravin, swag, talon, tusk), pinça do cortador (cutter's pliers), pinça (claw, cochleare, crimper, crowbill, forcep, pincers, pinchers, pliers, tongs), pessoa que belisca, mordedor (teething ring), garra de crustáceo, garra (chela, clamshell, claw, clutch, fingernail, grab, grapple, grip, nail, paw, pawl, prong, talon), garotinho, dente incisivo de um cavalo, alicate (nippers, pincers, pinchers, pliers, puller, tongs). (various references)

Romanian

nipon (nip), puşti (bantling, brat, chit, kid), pici (boy, brat, chit, kid, urchin, whelp, youngster), menghinã (clip, vice, vise), japonez (jap, japanese, nip), instrument care strânge, forceps (forceps), fiare (bond), cleşte (a pair of tongs, claw, clipper, clippers, pair of pincers, pincers, pliers, spike-drawer, tongs), cãtuşe (bond, bracelet, chain, chains, fetter, handcuffs, manacles, shackle), bãieţaş (brat, chit, lad, laddie, shrimp, urchin). (various references)

Russian 

клешня (claw). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prednji zub, lisice (gyve, handcuff, handcuffs), klešta (nippers, pincers, pliers, tongs), hvatač (catcher, grasper), dečak (boy, youngster), štipaljka (clothes peg, clothespin, nippers). (various references)

Spanish

rapaz (lad, laddie, predaceous, predacious, predatory, rapacious), pinza de arrancar (cutter's pliers), pinza (clothes peg, pin), chiquillo (kid, kiddy). (various references)

Swedish

avbitartång (nippers). (various references)

Thai

เ�"็กเล็กๆ. (various references)

Turkish

oğlan (boy, catamite, lad, laddie), kesici (cutter, cutting, incisive, nipping, sharp), kıskaç (barnacles, Chela, clamp, claw, gripper, pincer, pincers, pliers, snare), ön diş, çocuk (baby, bairn, brat, child, chit, infant, infantile, junior, juvenile, kid, mite, moppet, paed-, seed, son, youngster). (various references)

Ukrainian

клішні рака (nippers), пенсне (barnacle, nippers, pince nez), передній зуб (incisor), злодюжка (filch, pilferer), наручники (bracelets, cuffs, manacle, nippers, shackles), обценьки (nippers, pincers, pliers), парубійко (cuss), кишеньковий злодій, японець (japanese, nipponese), кайдани (chain, gyve, irons, links, nippers, thorns), кусака, кусачки (nippers, wire cutter), той, що щипа�", хлопчина (chappy, nipperkin), щипці (barnacle, crimper, crowbill, nippers, pincers, pliers, tongs), госрозубці. (various references)

Vietnamese 

người véo, người cấu, xích tay, vật cắn. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "nipper": nippers. (additional references)

Words ending with "nipper": gallinipper, snipper. (additional references)

Words containing "nipper": gallinippers, snippers, snippersnapper, snippersnappers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Nipper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fipper, gipper, jipper, Nagpur, napir, nappa, napper, neper, Neppe, nipa, nipe, niper, nipet, nipi, nippel, nippet, Nippur, nipter, Nuper, nype. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: piper, repin, ripen.

-2 letters: pein, peri, perp, pier, pine, pipe, pirn, prep, rein, repp, ripe.

-3 letters: ern, ire, nip, pen, pep, per, pie, pin, pip, rei, rep, rin, rip.

-4 letters: en, er, in, ne, pe, pi, re.

+1 letter: nappier, nippers, nippier, propine, snipper.

+2 letters: hornpipe, papering, papyrine, peperoni, piperine, prepping, preprint, priapean, principe, propined, propines, snappier, snippers, snippier, unripped.

+3 letters: appearing, appertain, coppering, drainpipe, hornpipes, inwrapped, kidnapper, kippering, lappering, lippering, loppering, pampering, paupering, peperonis, peppering, pepperoni, pimpernel, pinedrops, pinstripe, piperines, piperonal, porcupine, preparing, prepaying, preprints, pretaping, pretyping, principle, properdin, rappeling, reappoint, recapping, redipping, remapping, repumping, sandpiper, unhappier, zippering.