Definitions for the word "Nip" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A short turn in a rope.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
Slang offens. Japanese person. [abbreviation of nipponese from japanese nippon japan]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. v.
(-pp-) 1 pinch, squeeze, or bite sharply. 2 (often foll. By off) remove by pinching etc. 3 (of the cold etc.) Cause pain or harm to. 4 (foll. By in, out, etc.) Colloq. Go nimbly or quickly. n. 1 a pinch, sharp squeeze. B bite. 2 biting cold. nip in the bud suppress or destroy (esp. An idea) at an early stage. [low german or dutch]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
14. n.
Small quantity of spirits. [from nipperkin small measure]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
15. slang
to steal, to take up quickly. _See_ NAP and NIB.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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