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Synonyms for nip

Grammar : Noun, verb
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Phonetic Transcription : nɪp

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Définition of nip

Origin :
  • "to pinch sharply; to bite suddenly," late 14c., related to Middle Low German nipen "to nip, to pinch," Middle Dutch nipen "to pinch," Dutch nijpen, Old Norse hnippa "to prod," but the exact evolution of the stem is obscure. Related: Nipped; nipping. To nip (something) in the bud in the figurative sense is first recorded c.1600.
  • noun swallow, taste
  • verb bite; take small part
  • verb stop, thwart
Example sentences :
  • And, to make it all the better, it was cold enough to nip one's nose short off!
  • Extract from : « The Three Golden Apples » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • There's cigarettes on the locker and a nip of the Scotch to keep the chill out.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • Nip the anchor with the ebb, and keep your course down channel.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • I'll be havin' a nip now we're alone, and that cacklin' hen gone.
  • Extract from : « The Straw » by Eugene O'Neill
  • In this position he could at least nip the cross-piece, and worry it with his teeth.
  • Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English
  • They're all around me in here, and wanting to take a nip out of my legs.
  • Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour » by George A. Warren
  • This Mark is given them, as is alledg'd, by a Nip in any part of the body, and it is blew.'
  • Extract from : « The Witch-cult in Western Europe » by Margaret Alice Murray
  • This Mark is given to them, as is alledg'd, by a Nip in any part of the Body, and it is blew.
  • Extract from : « The Witch-cult in Western Europe » by Margaret Alice Murray
  • That evening it seemed as if Nip and I had changed characters.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too » by Alfred Elwes
  • If it hadn't and we went that way, we could nip into the first train and get clean away.
  • Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming

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