Nipper

Quick meaning: Nipper is a noun meaning One who, or that which, nips.

Meaning

One who, or that which, nips.

More Meanings

1. (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
2. (British, informal) A child.
3. (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
4. (Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
5. (historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
6. (archaic) One of four foreteeth in a horse.
7. (obsolete) A satirist.

Example Sentences

Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh?

The Nippers program, for children aged five to thirteen, promotes water safety skills and confidence in a safe beach environment

No, this is not a creche: nippers should not be running around, fighting under the pool table or generally creating havoc (this applies to dogs, too).

It is the first day of training for a group of ten 'little nippers' (novice surf life-savers). An assortment of children expectantly hover in the clubhouse.

Word Forms

• nippers
• nippering
• nippered

Synonyms for nipper

Depending on context, synonyms include pickpocket, tyke, minor, child, claw, nestling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shaver, pincer, tiddler, youngster, child, minor.

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