Nipper — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a young person of either sex

a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈɪpɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/nˈɪpə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˈɪpə/

2 syllables Say it as /nˈɪpɚ/.

Examples

she writes books for children
they're just kids
`tiddler' is a British term for youngster

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

child tyke pincer claw shaver small fry minor chela kid youngster tike tiddler fry nestling

Parts of Speech

noun	a young person of either sex “she writes books for children”
noun	a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

Word Forms

childly	adjective	befitting a young child
childhood	noun	the time of person's life when they are a child
claw	verb	scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails
nip	verb	squeeze tightly between the fingers

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Zange

ein junger Mensch beiderlei Geschlechts

🇫🇷French

pince

un jeune des deux sexes

🇪🇸Spanish

chiquillo

un joven de cualquier sexo

🇮🇹Italian

pinza

un giovane di entrambi i sessi

🇳🇱Dutch

tang

een jong persoon van beide geslachten

🇵🇹Portuguese

pinça

um jovem de ambos os sexos

🇷🇺Russian

щипцы

молодой человек любого пола

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जापानी

किसी भी लिंग का युवा व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

নিপার

উভয় লিঙ্গের একজন যুবক

🇮🇳Tamil

முலைக்காம்பு

இரு பாலினத்தவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

చనుమొన

ఏ లింగానికి చెందిన యువకుడు

🇮🇳Marathi

निपर

एकतर लिंगाची तरुण व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિપર

બંને જાતિનો યુવાન વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಪ್ಪರ್

ಯಾವುದೇ ಲಿಂಗದ ಯುವಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മുലക്കണ്ണ്

ഏതെങ്കിലും ലിംഗത്തിലുള്ള ഒരു യുവാവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਿੱਪਰ

ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਲਿੰਗ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

نپر

کسی بھی جنس کا ایک نوجوان

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

钳子

年轻人，无论性别

🇯🇵Japanese

ニッパー

性別を問わず若い人

🇰🇷Korean

집게발

남녀노소의 젊은이

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cái kềm

một người trẻ thuộc cả hai giới

🇹🇭Thai

ก้าม

คนหนุ่มสาวไม่ว่าเพศใด

🇮🇩Indonesian

sesuatu yg menjentik

seorang pemuda dari kedua jenis kelamin

🇲🇾Malay

penyepit

orang muda dari mana-mana jantina

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القراص

شاب من كلا الجنسين

🇮🇷Persian

نی نی

یک جوان از هر جنس

🇹🇷Turkish

kıskaç

her iki cinsiyetten bir genç

🇮🇱Hebrew

זַאֲטוּט

אדם צעיר משני המינים

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