| Nip (nip) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Nip |
| [LG. & D. nippen to
sip] akin to Dan. nippe, G. nippen.] |
A sip or
small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a
dram.
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| Nip (nip) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Nip |
| 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,
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To catch and inclose 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.
Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the
growth or vigor of; to destroy.
To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to
taunt.
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A
seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the
nip of masses of ice.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
A small cut, or a cutting off the
end.
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants
by frost.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
A short turn in a
rope.
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