Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word NIP

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Definitions of NIP

1. To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
3. To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
4. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
5. To annoy, as by nipping.
6. To taunt.
7. A playful bite.
8. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
9. Briskly cold weather.
10. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
11. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
12. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
13. A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
14. Abbreviation of non-native invasive plant.
15. (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
16. (obsolete, UK, thieves) To steal; especially to cut a purse.
17. (obsolete, obsolete) To affect [one] painfully; to cause physical pain.'
18. (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
19. (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
20. (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
21. (obsolete, UK, thieves) A pickpocket.
22. (slang, vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.
23. (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
24. (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
25. (Manitoba, northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
26. (dated, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Japanese person.
27. (dated, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Japanese.
28. (US) Abbreviation of National Immunization Program.
29. (UK) Abbreviation of notice of intended prosecution.
30. (classified ads) Abbreviation of new in package.
31. A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.

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Examples of Using NIP in a Sentence

• I want to go there and gang around the drug store and sneak behind the prescription counter with Art Rolland and have a nip of what he calls Old Granddaddy then type out his prescriptions for him.
• Active on picket lines during the 1984–85 miners' strike, in which Easington was the location of several clashes with the police, Cummings later claimed his Jack Russell Terrier Grit had been trained to "nip at policemen's ankles".
• Revenge would be gained a month later when United went to the Roses ground at Maryport Cottages and beat them 2–1 in another nip and tuck match.
• Only one nip (where the sheet is pressed between two rolls) is necessary in order to hold the sheet, which shrinks through the drying section and is held in tension between the press section (or breaker stack if used) and the calender.
• Some breeds, such as the Australian Cattle Dog, typically nip at the heels of animals (for this reason they are called heelers) and the Cardigan and Pembroke Welsh Corgis were historically used in a similar fashion in the cattle droves that moved cattle from Wales to the Smithfield Meat Market in London but are rarely used for herding today.
• The series was nip and tuck all the way as both teams traded wins in the first six games of the series as the Lakers won games one, four (highlighted by the game winner from Robert Horry) and six, a game which featured many controversial calls, including a late-game foul on Mike Bibby after he was bleeding from being elbowed in the nose by Bryant.
• And then Stevie and I would wait, and Sir Alex would give us a couple of quid and we'd nip round to the chippie in Love Street.
• There are several theories on the etymology of the word Pinscher; that it derives from French "pincer", meaning "to seize" and "to nip", that it derives from English "pinch" referring to their clipped ears, "fox terrier" type of dog (considered that it was a descriptive term meaning "settler" or "terrier" dog method of working, and not heritage), or biter, although the verb "pinch" has the same early 13th century Old North French *pinchier derivation, which itself possibly originates from Vulgar Latin.
• As with most cichlids, electric yellows should not be kept with freshwater community aquarium species such as Zebra Danios or Neon Tetras, they may nip the finnage of other peaceful species, and are not recommended for freshwater community aquariums because of the differences in the natural habitats between African Lake cichlids and other fish species.
• This was in brown glass, with a conical medium neck in the pint and with a rounded shoulder in the half-pint and nip sizes.
• Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham (1 January 1815 – 2 February 1906), was an English inventor and industrialist, notable for inventing the Lister nip comb.
• A nipper or tile nipper (like a pair of scissors or pliers) is a tool used to "nip" or remove small amounts of a hard material, such as pieces of a tile, which needs to be fitted around an odd or irregular shape.
• In the second inning, the Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson smacked a shot between third and short that Carey knocked down, allowing shortstop Gil McDougald to pick up the ball and nip Robinson at first.
• GL Jessop referred to him as an awkward bowler, who bowled wide of the crease and achieved unexpected nip off the wicket that seduced the unwary batsman into an injudicious stroke.

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