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Meaning:

initialism:

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Noun:

  • A playful bite.
  • A biting sarcasm; a taunt. (Hugh Latimer.)
  • A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
  • A pinch with the nails or teeth.
  • A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
  • A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
  • A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
  • Briskly cold weather.
  • historical|_|slang A pickpocket.
  • nautical A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]
  • offensive A Japanese person
  • vulgar A nipple, usually of a woman.

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Verb:

  • To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
  • To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
  • To make a quick, short journey or errand; usually roundtrip.
  • To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
  • To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

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