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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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