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nip English

Meaning nip meaning

What does nip mean?
Definitions in simple English

nip Verb

— To pinch, bite, or clip (something). The small dog nipped at her fingers affectionately.

nip

— verb give a small sharp bite to The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles — verb (= pinch, squeeze) squeeze tightly between the fingers He pinched her behind She squeezed the bottle — verb (= nip off, snip) sever or remove by pinching or snipping nip off the flowers — noun (= shot) a small drink of liquor he poured a shot of whiskey — noun a tart spicy quality — noun a small sharp bite or snip — noun (= chilliness) the property of being moderately cold the chilliness of early morning — noun (= relish) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

Nip

— noun (= Jap) (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent

Synonyms nip synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as nip?

nip English » English

pinch bite squeeze tweak nibble clip tang snap clamp twinge sting snip snifter pluck peck grip coolness chilliness twitch snorter peg nick frost dram zest tweet tanginess steal snip off smack sip shot sever savour savor sapidity relish purloin piquantness piquancy piquance pick nip off munch iciness grip with teeth gnaw glaciation gelidity frozeness

Nip English » English

Jap Japanese

Topics nip topics

What do people use nip to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict War

Defeat
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Prevent
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly

Conjugation nip conjugation

How do you conjugate nip?

nip · verb

Examples nip examples

How do I use nip in a sentence?

Simple sentences

We have to nip this problem in the bud before it gets any worse.

Movie subtitles

The gladiators didn't suddenly nip out for a tortellini. after the lions torn 'em up, did they?
I suppose you don't happen to have a nip about you anywhere.
Fresh little snow, with a nip in the air, eh?
Well, my lady, I have had a nip of ale of a night, just now and again.. at a place in the town and I won't deny as some of the others were there.
Yeah, a nip in the air.
Try a nip of whiskey, Mr. Tarzan.
You'll nip enough out of the first 2 prizes to set you up for a year.
If that Nip doesn't get out of there, he'll end up with a hot seat.
That was meant to nip up anybody who started looking for Velma.
Pour me out a nip of Three Star.
We've got to nip it in the bud.
Joe took this off a Nip colonel.
You and thor have a nip up?
Tell them you got it off a dead Nip.
Well, come on and we'll have a nip.
Won't you come aboard and take a nip?
Well, my lady, I have had a nip of ale of a night, just now and again at a place in the town and I won't deny as some of the others were there.
Bring him round with a nip of spirits and give him a fair chance to meditate. I don't like the thought of it somehow.
Just a wee nip in the hand.
It's only nip and tuck now who makes the biggest catch, Daddy or me.
You know, gentlemen, I'm one of those nip-and-tuck drinkers.
One nip and they tuck me away for the night.
You never saw nothing like it. We blew that Nip out of the water!
I just had a nip for my cold, doctor.
This war is as much mine as yours. We did get one Nip, Colonel. Charlie company found him wandering around about an hour ago.
The colonel knows it's the only way I enjoy smoking. What about the Nip?
Bring him round with a nip of spirits and give him a fair chance to meditate.
Someone to nip at her heels and hurry her up.
That was meant to nip up anybody who was looking for Velma.
A flourishing town in the Midwest, where we hear the story of Mr. Bundy's extra little nip. The Elksburg Municipal Orchestra opens now with an American medley.
One nip from that, and you stay here.
Well. Well, maybe I will just take one tiny nip more.
I've got to nip down to Washington for dinner with a certain party.
Care for a nip?
Better have smelling salts ready, box of tissues and a nip of brandy.
I'll nip a herring in Gin Lane or know the reason why.
While you nip off quietly in the other direction.
It's best to nip them in the bud.

News and current affairs

This put human rights funding into the National Indicative Program (NIP), which encompasses 17 countries: ten in the south and seven in Eastern Europe.
The combination of finance, media, police, and corrupt politicians may be enough to nip any opposition to Putin in the bud.
The narrow aim should be to nip terrorism in the bud, and the broader aim should be to open a dialogue with the Muslim community.
The West, after all, never put irresistible pressure on any Arab regime to undertake reforms, and deserted its autocratic clients in Tunisia and Egypt only when they failed to nip the revolutionary bud.
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