1. noun /nɪp/
I’ll just take a nip of that cake.
b) A nipple, usually of a woman.
He had a nip of whiskey.
2. verb /nɪp/
a) To catch and enclose 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." —
b) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
, "The small shoots ... must be nipt off." — John Mortimer The Whole Art of Husbandry [
See Also: nip and tuck, nip in the bud
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