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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.  --Tennyson. 
 
  2.  To  remove  by  pinching,  biting,  or  cutting  with  two  meeting 
  edges  of  anything  to  clip. 
 
  The  small  shoots  .  .  .  must  be  nipped  off 
  --Mortimer. 
 
  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. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  {To  nip  in  the  bud},  to  cut  off  at  the  verycommencement  of 
  growth;  to  kill  in  the  incipient  stage. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nip 
  n  1:  a  small  drink  of  liquor;  "he  poured  a  shot  of  whiskey"  [syn: 
  {shot}] 
  2:  a  person  of  Japanese  descent  [syn:  {Jap},  {Nip}] 
  3:  a  tart  spiciness  [syn:  {piquance},  {piquancy},  {tang},  {tanginess}, 
  {zest}] 
  4:  a  small  drink  [syn:  {sip}] 
  5:  small  sharp  biting  [syn:  {pinch}] 
  v  1:  squeeze  tightly  between  the  fingers;  "He  pinched  her 
  behind";  "She  squeezed  the  bottle"  [syn:  {pinch},  {vellicate}, 
  {squeeze},  {twinge},  {tweet},  {twitch}] 
  2:  give  a  small  sharp  bite  to  "The  Queen's  corgies  always  nip 
  at  her  staff's  ankles" 
  3:  sever  or  remove  by  pinching  of  snipping;  "nip  off  the 
  flowers"  [syn:  {nip  off},  {clip},  {snip},  {snip  off}] 




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