nip
A playful biteA playful bite.
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Значення
значень: 14A playful bite.
The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.
a small sharp bite or snip
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Briskly cold weather.
There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.
the property of being moderately cold
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
the nip of masses of ice
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
A short turn in a rope.
The place of intersection where one roll touches another
A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
I’ll just take a nip of that cake.
He had a nip of whiskey.
a small drink of liquor
(у множині, сленг, вульгарне)A nipple, usually of a woman.
Did you manage to sneak a peek at her nips, bro?
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речень: 36Give Tom a nip of brandy.
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We should nip this in the bud.
We need to nip this in the bud.
You need to nip this in the bud right now.
Tom's just nipped out to get some milk.
Том щойно вискочив за молоком.
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мов: 1Походження
From late Middle English nippen, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, probably a byformFrom late Middle English nippen, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, probably a byform of earlier *knippen (suggested by the derivative Middle English knippette (“pincers”)), from Middle Low German knîpen, from Old Saxon *knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *knīpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knīpaną (“to pinch”).
Short for nipperkin, ultimately from Middle Low German nippen or Middle Dutch nipen ("to sip; nip"; > Dutch nippen). Compare also German nippen (“to sip; taste”).
Clipping of nipple.
Canada 1931.
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Форми
множина: nipsСиноніми
синонімів: 36- a small sharp bite or snip:pinch
- a tart spicy quality:piquancepiquancypiquantnesstangtanginesszest
- a small drink of liquor:shot
- (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent:Jap
- the property of being moderately cold:chillinesscoolness
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth:relishflavorflavoursapiditysavorsavoursmacktang