nipper

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: nip=per

CIDE DICTIONARY

nipper, n. 

•  One who, or that which, nips.  [1913 Webster]
•  A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.  [1913 Webster]
•  A satirist.  Ascham.  [1913 Webster]
•  A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.  [1913 Webster]
•  The cunner.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nipper, n.
1 a person or thing that nips.
2 the claw of a crab, lobster, etc.
3 Brit. colloq. a young child.
4 (in pl.) any tool for gripping or cutting, e.g. forceps or pincers.

THESAURUS

nipper

bairn, bud, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, child, chit, claws, clutches, darling, digits, fangs, fingernails, fingers, hands, hooks, innocent, jaws, juvenile, kid, kitten, lamb, lambkin, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, mandibles, maxillae, meathooks, mite, mitts, moppet, nails, nippers, offspring, palm, peewee, pincers, pounces, shaver, tad, talons, teeth, tot, unguals, ungulae, wee tot, youngling, youngster