<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A person or thing that nips.</li><li>Usually nippers.</li><li>A device for nipping, as pincers or forceps.</li><li>One of the two large claws of a crustacean.</li><li>Metalworking: a device on a drawbench for drawing the work through the die.</li><li>Nippers, Older Slang: handcuffs.</li><li>Informal: a small boy.</li><li>Chiefly British: a costermonger's helper or assistant.</li><li>Nautical: a short rope for seizing an anchor cable to a messenger from a capstan.</li></ul>