Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)A Japanese person.

    (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent

Examples

36 sentences

  1. Give Tom a nip of brandy.

    ruДайте Тому глоток бренди. — scriptin

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  2. We should nip this in the bud.

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  3. We need to nip this in the bud.

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  4. You need to nip this in the bud right now.

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  5. Tom's just nipped out to get some milk.

    Том щойно вискочив за молоком. — deniko

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Origin

Clipping of Nipponese, derived from Nippon, from Japanese 日本 (Nippon).

Clipping of Nipponese, derived from Nippon, from Japanese 日本 (Nippon).

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Forms

plural: Nips
SingularNip
PluralNips

regular

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatednippy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ninjaninthnipplenippyniqab

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