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A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

Example: He had a nip of whiskey.

A nipple, usually of a woman.

Example: Did you manage to sneak a peek at her nips, bro?

A playful bite.

Example: The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Briskly cold weather.

Example: There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching

Example: the nip of masses of ice

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

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

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

To annoy, as by nipping.

To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

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