see|Nip
English
webster 1913

Pronunciation
enPR|nĭp, IPA|/nɪp/, SAMPA|/nIp/
:rhymes|ɪp

Etymology 1
ME. nippen "a small sip".

Noun
en-noun

1. A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

#: "I'll just take a nip of that cake."
#: "He had a nip of whiskey."

Synonyms
nibble

Etymology 2
Diminutive of nipple.

Noun
en-noun

1. vulgar A nipple, usually of a woman.

Etymology 3
OE. nipen. Cognate with Danish niipen "to pinch", knippen "to nip, clip, pinch, or snap", knijpen "to pinch"; Low German knipen; German kneipen and kneifen, "to pinch, cut off, nip"; Lithuanian knebti.

Noun
en-noun

1. A playful bite.

#: The puppy gave his owner�s finger a nip.

1. A pinch with the nails or teeth; origin of the idiom to nip in the bud.
2. brisk|Briskly cold weather.

#: There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.

1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
2. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
3. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
4. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. (Latimer.)
5. nautical A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]

Etymology 4
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Verb
en-verb|nip|p|ing

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.

#:quotations:
#:*"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

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

#:quotations:
#:*"The small shoots ... must be nipped off." — Mortimer.

1. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
2. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

#:quotations:
#:*"And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip." — Spenser

Related terms
nip and tuck affair
nip in the bud

Translations
rfc-trans
Telugu: త���� (tuMchu)

Etymology 5
rfe

Verb
en-verb|nip|p|ing

1. To make a quick, short journey or errand; usually roundtrip.

#* "Why don�t you nip down to the grocer�s for some milk?"

Albanian

Noun
nip m

1. nephew

Category:Albanian nouns

Korean

Noun
nip (w:Revised Romanization|Revised Romanization of �, �)

1. (�): mouth, lips; entrance
2. (�): leaf

Category:Romanized Korean nouns

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