nipper
/ˈnɪpər/
noun
- A small child, especially a young boy.
- Our neighbor's nipper is always full of energy.
- She picked up the nipper and carried him to bed.
- The little nipper was playing in the garden with his toy truck.
- A tool or part of a tool used for gripping or cutting, such as pincers or pliers (often used in plural: nippers).
- Make sure you have the right nippers for trimming the nails.
- The jeweler's nippers are very small and precise.
- He used a pair of nippers to cut the wire.
- A young lobster or crab.
- The fisherman threw the small nipper back into the sea.
- The restaurant serves soft-shell crab, which are young nippers.
- We caught a few nippers in the tidal pool.
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