nip
see also: Nip, NIP
Pronunciation Noun
Nip
Pronunciation Noun
NIP
Proper noun
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see also: Nip, NIP
Pronunciation Noun
nip (plural nips)
- A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
- I’ll just take a nip of that cake.
- He had a nip of whiskey.
- Synonyms: nibble, a little of the creature, Thesaurus:drink
nip (plural nips)
- (slang, vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- Did you manage to sneak a peek at her nips, bro?
nip (nips, present participle nipping; past and past participle nipped)
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- To taunt.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- (obsolete, UK, thieves) To steal; especially to cut a purse.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:steal
nip (plural nips)
- A playful bite.
- The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- Briskly cold weather.
- There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", chapter 118:
- The day had only just broken, and there was a nip in the air; but the sky was cloudless, and the sun was shining yellow.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- the nip of masses of ice
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- (obsolete, UK, thieves) A pickpocket.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:pickpocket
nip (nips, present participle nipping; past and past participle nipped)
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?
Nip
Pronunciation Noun
nip (plural nips)
- (dated, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Japanese person.
nip (not comparable)
- (dated, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Japanese.
NIP
Proper noun
- (US) Abbreviation of National Immunization Program}.
nip (plural nips)
- Abbreviation of non-native#English|non-native invasive#English|invasive plant#English|plant.
nip (not comparable)
- (classified ads) Abbreviation of new#English|new in#English|in package#English|package.
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