'Nip' definitions:

Definition of 'nip'

(from WordNet)
noun
A small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" [syn: nip, shot]
noun
(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent [syn: Jap, Nip]
noun
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang]
noun
The property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning" [syn: chilliness, coolness, nip]
noun
A tart spicy quality [syn: nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest]
noun
A small sharp bite or snip [syn: nip, pinch]
verb
Squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch]
verb
Give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles"
verb
Sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off]

Definition of 'Nip'

From: GCIDE
  • Nip \Nip\, n.
  • 1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A pinch with the nails or teeth. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A small cut, or a cutting off the end. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Naut.) A short turn in a rope. [1913 Webster]
  • Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest; as, it was nip and tuck right to the last minute of play. [Low, U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Nip'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Nip'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. [1913 Webster]
  • The small shoots . . . must be nipped off. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. [1913 Webster]
  • And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • To nip in the bud, to cut off at the very commencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'nip'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Nip'