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US
/ˈnɪp/
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[ UK /nˈɪp/ ]
[ UK /nˈɪp/ ]
NOUN
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the property of being moderately cold
the chilliness of early morning - a small sharp bite or snip
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
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a small drink of liquor
he poured a shot of whiskey - a tart spicy quality
VERB
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squeeze tightly between the fingers
She squeezed the bottle
He pinched her behind -
give a small sharp bite to
The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles -
sever or remove by pinching or snipping
nip off the flowers
How To Use nip In A Sentence
- The mysterious jack snipe is a typical bird of the often water-logged northern taiga, birch and willow country.
- After the seacock or gate valve is closed, remove the hose temporarily so that it drains and then use an absorbent cloth or turkey baster to eliminate any residual water in the nipple.
- 8. The reporters all want Obama to make the sort of inaccurate, snide, snipy comments that the Clintons are now firing off daily. Archive 2008-03-01
- As people who ought to know better," observed M. Kollsen, "now think the wind is alive, and call it Nipen, or the mist of the lake and river, which they call the sprite Uldra. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow"
- Daniel showed us his newly purchased tunicle which also came with a stole and a couple of maniples.
- These require you to face manipulative individuals, relinquish your rights unfairly or be exquisitely tactful when you'd be justified in blowing up. Times, Sunday Times
- Such a usage is ethically unacceptable, politically manipulative and decidedly unhistorical.
- Its political culture, once fiercely democratic, is being eroded by a manipulated, bureaucratic legalism that identifies dissent as disloyalty.
- Dishonesty is always one way of climbing the ladder of success, but dishonest intentions and manipulations are more prone to fail. Dr T.P.Chia
- We are manipulating the search with this experiment, mentioning the word moss frequently. Moss « Fairegarden
