Nip(n.)
- A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
Nip(v. t.)
- To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
Nip(v. t.)
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
Nip(v. t.)
- Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
Nip(v. t.)
- To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
Nip(n.)
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.