nip

Nouns

• (n) a small drink of liquor
  • he poured a shot of whiskey
  shot,
• (n) (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent Jap,
• (n) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth sapidity, savor, savour, flavor, smack, flavour, relish, tang,
• (n) the property of being moderately cold
  • the chilliness of early morning
  chilliness, coolness,
• (n) a tart spicy quality piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest,
• (n) a small sharp bite or snip pinch,

Verbs

• (v) squeeze tightly between the fingers
  • He pinched her behind
  • She squeezed the bottle
  pinch, tweet, twinge, twitch, squeeze,
• (v) give a small sharp bite to
  • The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles
• (v) sever or remove by pinching or snipping
  • nip off the flowers
  clip, nip off, snip, snip off,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity