nip

[nip]

(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent

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A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

Noun
small sharp biting

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"

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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"

n.
A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

v. t.
To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

v. t.
To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

v. t.
Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

v. t.
To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

n.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

n.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.

n.
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

n.
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

n.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

n.
A short turn in a rope.

Nip

Nip , n. [LG. & D. nippen to sip; akin to Dan. nippe, G. nippen.] A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

Nip

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.

2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

The small shoots ... must be nipped off.

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.

To nip in the bud, to cut off at the verycommencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage.

Nip

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.]

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

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Usage Examples

Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip around Milton, duck under Blake and collapse gratefully into the arms of Jane Austen, a lot of them will.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.