n. 1. One who, or that which, nips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A satirist. [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [ Old Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) (a) The cunner. (b) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Nip. ] A small cup. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From 2d Nip. ] 1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger. [ 1913 Webster ]