nipper – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
nipper
n.
anything that nips or pinches; young child (British Slang); claw of a crustacean, pincher
Nipper
Nipper (1884–1895) was a
dog who served as the model for a painting titled
His Master's Voice. This image was the basis for the dog-and-
gramophone logo used by several audio recording and associated brands:
Victor Talking Machine Company,
Gramophone Company,
Berliner Gramophone,
His Master's Voice,
HMV,
EMI,
RCA,
RCA Victor, Victrola,
Electrola,
Bluebird,
Zonophone,
JVC and
Deutsche Grammophon.
nipper
Noun
1. a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
(synonym) child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
(hypernym) juvenile, juvenile person
(hyponym) bairn
(part-meronym) child's body
2. a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
(synonym) claw, chela, pincer
(hypernym) extremity, appendage, member
(part-holonym) crustacean
(derivation) pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
nipper
v.
tog
Nipper
(n.)
The cunner.
(n.)
One who, or that which, nips.
(n.)
A satirist.
(n.)
A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
(n.)
A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
(n.)
A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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