nip

/nɪp/ · noun

Meaning

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
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
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 annoy, as by nipping.
To taunt.
To squeeze or pinch.
To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

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