nip
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/nɪp/
English
Definitions
noun
- A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.“He had a nip of whiskey.”
noun
- A nipple, usually of a woman.“Did you manage to sneak a peek at her nips, bro?”
noun
- 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.”
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching“the nip of masses of ice”
verb
- 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.
verb
- 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?”
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