"nipper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɪpə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-au-nipper.ogg [Australia] Forms: nippers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: nip + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nip|er|id2=agent noun}} nip + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} nipper (plural nippers)
  1. One who, or that which, nips. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-R8AJqs1Q Disambiguation of People: 13 0 22 14 15 0 0 0 22 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 0
  2. (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping. Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-go2My545 Disambiguation of Tools: 6 15 3 6 6 9 3 3 8 3 3 6 3 6 6 6 9
  3. (slang) A child. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Children, People Translations (slang term for a small child): pinza (Italian), karekata (Maori), berbeć [masculine] (Polish), карапуз (karapuz) [masculine] (Russian), mico [colloquial, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-zjLRfN2B Disambiguation of Children: 11 1 21 14 14 1 1 1 16 1 2 1 4 8 1 1 1 Disambiguation of People: 13 0 22 14 15 0 0 0 22 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'slang term for a small child': 4 2 44 14 3 9 1 1 9 1 2 2 2 3 2 3
  4. (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Baby animals
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-EqAQ2Wrs Disambiguation of People: 13 0 22 14 15 0 0 0 22 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 4 4 4 11 4 4 4 4 5 4 9 4 4 12 10 10 2 Categories (other): Australian English
  5. (historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-aB~q7Qfp Disambiguation of People: 13 0 22 14 15 0 0 0 22 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 0
  6. (Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito. Tags: Canada, Newfoundland, slang Categories (lifeform): Mosquitoes
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-IOSPBxXv Disambiguation of Mosquitoes: 2 2 2 2 2 70 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 Categories (other): Canadian English, Newfoundland English
  7. (archaic) One of four foreteeth in a horse. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-C0mboO01
  8. (obsolete) A satirist. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-z6eWXL6A
  9. (obsolete, slang) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. Tags: obsolete, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms (pickpocket): pickpocket
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-Uy86Sv4k Disambiguation of People: 13 0 22 14 15 0 0 0 22 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'pickpocket': 4 2 0 2 3 2 0 1 73 0 0 1 1 4 5 1
  10. A fish, the cunner. Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish, Wrasses
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-e0cI1M1n Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 1 2 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 56 5 1 10 4 1 4 1 Disambiguation of Wrasses: 1 2 1 4 2 3 1 3 2 52 5 1 9 5 2 4 1
  11. (archaic) A European crab (Polybius henslowii). Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Crabs
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-a8PuM~hq Disambiguation of Crabs: 6 5 2 5 5 8 2 2 7 2 15 14 2 6 6 5 8
  12. The claws of a crab or lobster. Categories (lifeform): Crabs
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-M4wYURu7 Disambiguation of Crabs: 6 5 2 5 5 8 2 2 7 2 15 14 2 6 6 5 8
  13. A young bluefish.
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-7uvubmKg
  14. (dated) A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets. Tags: dated Categories (lifeform): Baby animals
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-rX6~ZBvC Disambiguation of Baby animals: 4 4 4 11 4 4 4 4 5 4 9 4 4 12 10 10 2
  15. One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs. Categories (lifeform): Baby animals
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-A4CVCpjU Disambiguation of Baby animals: 4 4 4 11 4 4 4 4 5 4 9 4 4 12 10 10 2
  16. (historical) One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion. Tags: historical Categories (lifeform): Baby animals
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-noun-ZcjvivVL Disambiguation of Baby animals: 4 4 4 11 4 4 4 4 5 4 9 4 4 12 10 10 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ghost nipper, nose-nipper

Verb

IPA: /ˈnɪpə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-au-nipper.ogg [Australia] Forms: nippers [present, singular, third-person], nippering [participle, present], nippered [participle, past], nippered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪpə(ɹ) Etymology: nip + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nip|er|id2=agent noun}} nip + -er Head templates: {{en-verb}} nipper (third-person singular simple present nippers, present participle nippering, simple past and past participle nippered)
  1. (nautical, transitive) To seize (two ropes) together. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-nipper-en-verb-u43POm1f Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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          "text": "2009, Didgeridoos and Didgeridon'ts: A Brit 's Guide to Moving Your Life Down Under\nEvery club around Australia offers a Nippers programme. Nippers is open to children from the age of 5 through to 13 years old […]"
        },
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          "text": "The Nippers program, for children aged five to thirteen, promotes water safety skills and confidence in a safe beach environment"
        },
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          "text": "September 5, 2013, Eve Jeffery, \"Nippers season begins on the north coast\", in Echonetdaily\nOf our movement’s 153,000 members, over 58,500 are nippers (5-13 years). This equates to nearly 40% of our total membership and shows just how significant the junior movement is within surf lifesaving."
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "slang term for a small child",
      "word": "pinza"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "slang term for a small child",
      "word": "karekata"
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    }
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}

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