nipper, n.
(nippers)
(nippers)
a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
<noun.animal> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
chela claw nipper pincer
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
a young person of either sex
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 207 freq. cnt.: 148 freq. cnt.: 53 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2
child fry kid minor nestling nipper shaver small fry tiddler tike tyke youngster
sample sentences
"she writes books for children""they're just kids"
"`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
semantic pointers
part meronym
hypernym
hyponym
bairn
buster
changeling
child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child
foster-child, foster child, fosterling
imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
kiddy, kiddie
orphan
peanut
pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny
poster child
preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener
silly
sprog
toddler, yearling, tot, bambino
urchin
waif, street child