nipper
3
9.0
- noun
- /ˈnɪpə/
- UK
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chaval
- Cute little nipper.
- a little nipper
Examples
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Cute little nippers, ain't they?
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I'll get the little nipper in half a jiffy.
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I was probably this high, you know... just a nipper when I first went to the ground.
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I remember when I was a nipper.
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You could stay on at work and I could bring up the nipper.
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Friday afternoon is a lovely time to visit the Citadel, particularly with a nipper.
Blog text (22) -
He's always been set on saving lives, right from when he was a nipper.
Fiction book (1995) -
Perdy, we better get these little nippers off to bed if we're going for a W-A-L-K.
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See, now, we mardled plenty with this 'un when he was a nipper, and we're uncommon proud of him, thankee.
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Nipper is what we called our son when he was just a little boy.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A young person, usually a child
∞
1.0
A young person who is not yet an adult, often a son or daughter
213
1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
190
2.8
A person who is not yet an adult by law
87
7.7
A young child
15
8.0
A young child who is lively and often naughty
14
9.3
A friendly way to say child or young animal
1
8.7
A small child, often a boy, who is playful or naughty
1
7.4
Young children who are not yet adults
A very small child
Antonyms
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nipper for a child is a friendly British word probably from nip 'to pinch' plus -er, used for a small or active person. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a nipper as a lively 'little one', which is why it means 'youngster'.