nipper

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   One who, or that which, nips.
2. 2
   Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
3. 3
   A child.
4. 4
   A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
5. 5
   A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
6. 6
   A mosquito.
7. 7
   One of four foreteeth in a horse.
8. 8
   A satirist.
9. 9
   A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
10. 10
    A fish, the cunner.
11. 11
    A European crab (Polybius henslowii).
12. 12
    The claws of a crab or lobster.
13. 13
    A young bluefish.
14. 14
    A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.
15. 15
    One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
16. 16
    One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.

Verb

1. 1
   To seize (two ropes) together.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.