nip : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nip	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for nip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nip n a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" Synonym(s): nip, shot (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent Synonym(s): Jap, Nip the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth Synonym(s): relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, nip, tang the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning" Synonym(s): chilliness, coolness, nip a tart spicy quality Synonym(s): nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest a small sharp bite or snip Synonym(s): nip, pinch v squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" Synonym(s): pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles" sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" Synonym(s): nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nip \Nip\, n. [LG. & D. nippen to sip; akin to Dan. nippe, G. nippen.] A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nip \Nip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nipped}, less properly {Nipt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nipping}.] [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.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nip \Nip\, n. 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.) A short turn in a rope. {Nip and tuck}, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]