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Meaning and definition for "nip" word
[noun] a small drink
[noun] a tart spiciness
[noun] a person of Japanese descent
[noun] a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey"
[verb] give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgies always nip at her staff's ankles"
[verb] sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
[verb] squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
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\Nip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nipped}, less properly {Nipt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nipping}.] [OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off, nip, Lith. knebti.] 1. To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such a traitress. --Tennyson. 2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. The small shoots . . . must be nipped off. --Mortimer. 3. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. 4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip. --Spenser. {To nip in the bud}, to cut off at the verycommencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage.
\Nip\, n. 1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice. 2. A pinch with the nails or teeth. 3. A small cut, or a cutting off the end. 4. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost. 5. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. --Latimer. 6. (Naut.) A short turn in a rope. {Nip and tuck}, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]
Synonyms for nip
clip, Jap, nip off, pinch, pinch, piquance, piquancy, shot, sip, snip, snip off, squeeze, tang, tanginess, tweet, twinge, twitch, zest
See also: bite | bite | chomp | cut | deglutition | drink | grip | Japanese | Nipponese | seize with teeth | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity | spice | spicery | spiciness | swallow | tweak |
Related terms: and, annihilate, booze, burn, concentrate, cop, excruciate, gall, get rid of, glacify, lap up, morceau, patch, penetrate, pick out, pierce, pinch, poach, raciness, recapitulate, scrap, shot, snick, stab, synopsize, to, tope, twinge, whisk, zest
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Let's analyse "nip" as pure text. This string has Three letters in One syllable and One vowel. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: PIN. Average typing speed for these characters is 795 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
nip: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine. |
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