[ UK /nˈɪpɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈnɪpɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
  2. a young person of either sex
    they're just kids
    she writes books for children
    `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
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How To Use nipper In A Sentence

  • With tile nippers cut tiles to irregular shapes.
  • With testicles that small you could handle it with an herb snipper. Think Progress » Liberty University Withdraws From CPAC Because Of Gay Rights Group’s Co-Sponsorship
  • They gathered around the horns of their Victrolas, leaning with their ears cocked like Victor's spokesdog, Nipper.
  • Olga Knipper-Chekhova reeled back in shock and collapsed behind the curtain in confusion and terror.
  • To avoid damaging the face of the trim, pry nails out the back with locking pliers or nippers (end-cutting pliers).
  • Always use sterilized toenail clippers, nippers or scissors.
  • To tile around pipes and wall mounted faucets, use a pencil to mark the tile where it needs to be cut and break out the marked piece with tile nippers.
  • They live with fear and insecurity and an illusion that they can have control over other people or that they can attain perfectionism, but it's really not possible," says Christopher Knippers, Ph. D., clinical psychologist at Pacific Coast Recovery in Laguna Beach, Calif. Tame Your Inner Control Freak
  • He speaks to them of his own little "nippers" at home, and they in turn tell him of their father who is fighting, of their mother who now works in the fields, and of baby who is fearfully ignorant, does not know the difference between the French and the "Engleesch," and who insisted on calling the great English General who had stayed at their farm "papa. The White Road to Verdun
  • I wonder what makes her ready from day one if it's the mess in Somalia or more than a million that died in Rwanda genocide, maybe it's the snipper fire. Clinton adviser makes superdelegate pitch
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