Definitions | NIP |
| initialism - National Immunization Program (US)
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| Nip |
| noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
- (highly offensive, racial slur) A Japanese person
Etymology: English; Nippon
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| nip |
| noun
- A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
- "I'll just take a of that cake."
- "He had a of whiskey."
verb (nip, p, ing)
- 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 me flat, If I be such a traitress." — Tennyson
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- quotations:
- "The small shoots ... must be nipped off." — Mortimer.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
- quotations:
- "And sharp remorse his heart did prick and ." — Spenser
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