·noun ·pl Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
II. Nippers ·noun ·pl A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger.
III. Nippers ·noun ·pl 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.