nip
Short definition from Wiktionary
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 benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- To taunt.
- To squeeze or pinch.
- To steal; especially to cut a purse.
- To affect [one] painfully; to cause physical pain.'
- To have erect nipples.
- To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
Noun
- A playful bite.
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- 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.
- A short turn in a rope.
- The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pickpocket.
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A hamburger.
- Abbreviation of non-native invasive plant.
- Abbreviation of notice of intended prosecution.
- A Japanese person.
Proper noun
- Abbreviation of National Immunization Program.
Adjective
- Abbreviation of new in package.
- Japanese.
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