nipper
/ˈnɪpə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who, or that which, nips.
Example Sentences
- "Watt saw the little movements of the stuff, the little bulgings and crumplings, and the sudden indrawings, where it was nipped, between forefinger and thumb probably, for those are the nippers."
- "Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh?"
- "No, this is not a creche: nippers should not be running around, fighting under the pool table or generally creating havoc (this applies to dogs, too)."
- "SLSA has become a multi-million dollar enterprise comprising 262 clubs located around the Australian coastline, with 100000 members, which included thousands of juniors or ‘nippers’, as they were more commonly known."
- "It is the first day of training for a group of ten ‘little nippers’ (novice surf life-savers). An assortment of children expectantly hover in the clubhouse."
- "Every club around Australia offers a Nippers programme. Nippers is open to children from the age of 5 through to 13 years old […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English nip Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English nipper From nip + -er.