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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a young person of either sex;
- Example: "she writes books for children"
- Example: "they're just kids"
- Example: "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster";
[syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling]

2. a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods;
[syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nipper \Nip"per\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, nips.
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   2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
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   3. A satirist. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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   4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]
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   5. (Zool.)
      (a) The cunner.
      (b) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nipper
    n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
         children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
         term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster,
         minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler,
         tike, tyke, fry, nestling]
    2: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other
       arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]