nip, pinch
(noun) a small sharp bite or snip
nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest
(noun) a tart spicy quality
chilliness, coolness, nip
(noun) the property of being moderately cold; “the chilliness of early morning”
relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang
(noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
Jap, Nip
(noun) (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
nip, shot
(noun) a small drink of liquor; “he poured a shot of whiskey”
nip
(verb) give a small sharp bite to; “The Queen’s corgis always nip at her staff’s ankles”
nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
(verb) sever or remove by pinching or snipping; “nip off the flowers”
pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
(verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers; “He pinched her behind”; “She squeezed the bottle”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nip (plural nips)
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
Synonyms: nibble (of food), a little of the creature (specifically of alcohol), Thesaurus:drink
nip (plural nips)
(slang, vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.
nip (third-person singular simple present nips, present participle nipping, simple past and past participle nipped)
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
To annoy, as by nipping.
To taunt.
(Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
(obsolete, UK, thieves) To steal; especially to cut a purse.
Synonym: Thesaurus:steal
nip (plural nips)
A playful bite.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Briskly cold weather.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
(mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
(nautical) A short turn in a rope.
(papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
(obsolete, UK, thieves) A pickpocket.
Synonym: Thesaurus:pickpocket
nip (third-person singular simple present nips, present participle nipping, simple past and past participle nipped)
(informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
• NPI, PIN, pin
Nip (plural Nips)
(dated, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Japanese person.
• Jap
Nip (not comparable)
(dated, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Japanese.
• NPI, PIN, pin
NIP
(US) Abbreviation of National Immunization Program.
NIP (plural NIPs)
Abbreviation of non-native invasive plant.
NIP (not comparable)
(classified ads) Abbreviation of new in package.
• NPI, PIN, pin
Source: Wiktionary
Nip, n. Etym: [LG. & D. nippen to sip; akin to Dan. nippe, G. nippen.]
Definition: A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
Nip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nipped, less properly Nipt; p. pr. & vb. n. Nipping.] Etym: [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.
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.)
Definition: A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
