/nip"euhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that nips.
2. Usually, nippers . a device for nipping, as pincers or forceps.
3. one of the two large claws of a crustacean.
4. Metalworking. dog (def. 13).
5. nippers , Older Slang. handcuffs.
6. Informal.
a. a small boy.
b. Chiefly Brit. a costermonger's helper or assistant.
7. Naut. a short rope for seizing an anchor cable to a messenger from a capstan.
[ 1525-35; NIP 1 + -ER 1 ]