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Meaning
Noun
●
In Children & People:
One who, or that which, nips.
●
In Tools:
Any of various
devices
(as
pincers
) for nipping.
●
In Children & People:
A child.
●
In Australian English, Baby animals, Children & People:
A
child
aged
from 5 to 13 in the Australian
surf
life-saving
clubs.
●
In Children & People:
A
boy
working as a
navvies
' assistant.
●
In Canadian English, Newfoundland English & Mosquitoes:
A mosquito.
●
One of
four
foreteeth
in a horse.
●
A satirist.
●
In Children & People:
A
pickpocket
; a
young
or
petty
thief.
●
In Percoid fish & Wrasses:
A
fish
, the cunner.
●
In Crabs:
A European
crab
(Polybius henslowii).
●
In Crabs:
The
claws
of a
crab
or lobster.
●
A
young
bluefish.
●
In Baby animals:
A
machine
used by a
ticket inspector
to
stamp
passengers
'
ticket
s.
●
One of a
pair
of
automatically
locking
handcuffs.
●
In Baby animals:
One of the
gloves
or
mittens
worn
by
fishermen
to
protect
their
hands
from
cold
and abrasion.
Verb
●
In Nautical:
To
seize
(two
ropes
) together.
Name
●
A surname.
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