Definition of "nip"
- noun
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
A nipple, usually of a woman.
A playful bite.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Briskly cold weather.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
The place of intersection where one roll touches another in papermaking.
A pickpocket.
- 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 vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
To make a quick, short journey or errand; usually roundtrip.
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