dare vs nipper

dare

noun
  • A small fish, the dace 

  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

verb
  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

nipper

noun
  • A fish, the cunner. 

  • A child. 

  • Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping. 

  • A European crab (Polybius henslowii). 

  • A young bluefish. 

  • One who, or that which, nips. 

  • A boy working as a navvies' assistant. 

  • The claws of a crab or lobster. 

  • One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs. 

  • A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs. 

  • One of four foreteeth in a horse. 

  • A mosquito. 

verb
  • To seize (two ropes) together. 

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