nip

1. To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

   kneifen, zusammenquetschen

2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

   sever or remove by pinching or snipping

3. To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.

4. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

5. To annoy, as by nipping.

6. To taunt.

7. (Northern England, Scotland)To squeeze or pinch.

   squeeze tightly between the fingers

8. (slang, vulgar)To have erect nipples.

9. (informal)To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

   Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?

10. (UK, obsolete)To steal; especially to cut a purse.

11. (obsolete)To affect [one] painfully; to cause physical pain.'

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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