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Pronunciation : Nip
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [LG. & D. nippen to sip; akin to Dan. nippe, G. nippen.]
Definition : Defn: A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Nip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nipped
Part of Speech : less
Etymology : [OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off, nip, Lith. knebti.]
Definition : 1. To catch and inclose 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. Tennyson.

2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. The small shoots ... must be nipped off. Mortimer.

3. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip. Spenser. To nip in the bud, to cut off at the verycommencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage.

properly Nipt; p. pr. & vb. n. Nipping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Nip
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

2. A pinch with the nails or teeth.

3. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

4. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

5. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. Latimer.

6. (Naut.)

Defn: A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913