Definitions for Nip

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Spelling: [nip]

IPA: /nɪp/

Nip is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 11 anagrams from letters in Nip (inp).

Definitions for Nip

noun

1. an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
2. a biting quality, as in cold or frosty air:
3. sharp cold; a sharp touch of frost:
4. a sharp or biting remark.
5. a biting taste or tang, especially in some cheese.
6. a small bit or quantity of anything:
7. Nautical. an abrupt turn or twist in a rope. a part of a rope or chain bound by a seizing or nipper.
8. Usually, nips. nipper (def 2).
9. a small drink of alcoholic liquor; sip:
10. Chiefly British. split (def 27).

Idioms

1. nip and tuck, with each competitor equaling or closely contesting the speed, scoring, or efforts of the other:
2. nip in the bud. bud1 (def 13).

noun, adjective

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Japanese person.

verb (used with object)

1. to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
2. to take off by pinching, biting, or snipping (usually followed by off):
3. to check in growth or development.
4. to affect sharply and painfully or injuriously, as a very cold temperature:
5. Informal. to snatch away suddenly.
6. Informal. to defeat (an opponent) by a very close margin; edge.
7. Informal. to steal or pilfer.
8. Nautical. (of ice) to press (a ship) from opposite sides. to seize (a taut rope) to another rope.

verb (used without object)

1. Chiefly British Slang. to leave stealthily; sneak away; flee (often followed by away).

verb (used with or without object)

1. to drink (alcoholic liquor) in small sips, especially repeatedly.

Origin of Nip

1350-1400; Middle English nyppe to pinch Old Norse hnippa to poke, thrust

Examples for Nip

And, to make it all the better, it was cold enough to nip one's nose short off!

nip the anchor with the ebb, and keep your course down channel.

There's cigarettes on the locker and a nip of the Scotch to keep the chill out.

Rich men put their mistresses there so they can nip in and visit them on the way home.

Lebanese security agencies have been quick to try to nip what could well be a new bombing spate in the bud.

In this position he could at least nip the cross-piece, and worry it with his teeth.

I'll be havin' a nip now we're alone, and that cacklin' hen gone.

But then one day there's a nip in the air, and I start thinking of soup.

To the north, the icy southern peaks of the Brooks Range, the northernmost mountain range on the continent, nip at the sky.

Both agencies released their 2015 requests today: $45.6 billion for the nip and $13.3 billion for the MIP.