nip
noun
1. a small drink of liquor
Similar word(s): shot
Definition categories: quantity
2. (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
Definition categories: person, japanese, nipponese
3. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
Similar word(s): flavor, flavour, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang
Definition categories: thought, taste
4. the property of being moderately cold
Similar word(s): chilliness, coolness
Definition categories: attribute, cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness
5. a tart spicy quality
Similar word(s): piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest
Definition categories: attribute, spice, spicery, spiciness
6. a small sharp bite or snip
Similar word(s): pinch
Definition categories: act, clip, clipping, snip, bite, chomp
Sentences with nip as a noun:
- I’ll just take a nip of that cake.
- He had a nip of whiskey.
- The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.
- There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.
verb
1. squeeze tightly between the fingers
Similar word(s): pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch
Definition categories: contact, grip
2. give a small sharp bite to
- The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles
Definition categories: contact, bite
3. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- nip off the flowers
Definition categories: contact, cut
Sentences with nip as a verb:
- Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?