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NIPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nipper" is a kind of...):
appendage; extremity; member (an external body part that projects from the body)
Holonyms ("nipper" is a part of...):
crustacean (any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton)
Derivation:
nip (squeeze tightly between the fingers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A young person of either sex
Example:
'tiddler' is a British term for youngster
Synonyms:
child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nipper" is a kind of...):
juvenile; juvenile person (a young person, not fully developed)
Meronyms (parts of "nipper"):
child's body (the body of a human child)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nipper"):
street child; waif (a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned)
urchin (poor and often mischievous city child)
bambino; toddler; tot; yearling (a young child)
sprog (a child)
silly (a word used for misbehaving children)
kindergartener; kindergartner; preschooler (a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten)
poster child (a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes)
picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)
peanut (a young child who is small for his age)
orphan (a child who has lost both parents)
kiddie; kiddy (informal term for a young child)
imp; monkey; rapscallion; rascal; scalawag; scallywag; scamp (one who is playfully mischievous)
foster-child; foster child; fosterling (a child who is raised by foster parents)
child prodigy; infant prodigy; wonder child (a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age)
changeling (a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy)
buster (a robust child)
bairn (a child: son or daughter)
