1. [informal] A young person of either sex
   "she writes books for nippers";
   - child, kid [informal], youngster, minor, shaver [informal], small fry [informal], tiddler [Brit, informal], tike [informal], tyke [informal], nestling [informal], wean [UK, Ireland, dialect], kiddy [informal], kiddie [informal]
    
2. A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
   "The lobster used its large nipper to crack open the shell of its prey";
   - claw, chela, pincer

Derived forms: nippers

Type of: appendage, extremity, juvenile, juvenile person, member

Part of: crustacean

Encyclopedia: Nipper