Nipper

n. 1 person or thing that nips. 2 claw of a crab etc. 3 colloq. young child. 4 (in pi.) any tool for gripping or cutting. nipple i’mp(a)1/ n. 1 small projection in which the mammary ducts of either sex of mammals terminate and from which to females milk is secreted for the young. 2 teat of a feedingbottle. 3 device like a nipple in function. 4 nipplelike protuberance: [perhaps from neb tip] nippy adj. (ier, iest) colloq. 1 quick, nimble. 2 chilly. [from Nit,’]