nipper vs shorty

nipper

noun
  • 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. 

  • A fish, the cunner. 

  • 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. 

shorty

noun
  • A child. 

  • An attractive young female, especially one who is sexually available. 

  • A girlfriend. 

  • A short person. 

  • A term of endearment for a child, younger sibling, shorter person, etc. 

pron
  • she or her, especially of a younger woman 

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