noun
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A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
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He had a nip of whiskey.
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A nipple, usually of a woman.
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Did you manage to sneak a peek at her nips, bro?
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A playful bite.
example
The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.
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A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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Briskly cold weather.
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There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.
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A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
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the nip of masses of ice
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A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
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A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
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A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
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A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
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A short turn in a rope.
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(papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
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A pickpocket.
verb
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To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
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To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
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To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
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To annoy, as by nipping.
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To taunt.
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To squeeze or pinch.
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To steal; especially to cut a purse.
verb
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To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
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Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?