From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nipper n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling] 2: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]