Definizione monolingua

nip

nip (third-person singular simple present nips, present participle nipping, simple past and past participle nipped)

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.
   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Merlin and Vivien:

     May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such a traitress.

2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
   • 1716, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry^[1]:

     The small shoots ... must be nipt off.

3. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:

     And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.

nip (plural nips)

1. A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

   I’ll just take a nip of that cake.

   He had a nip of whiskey.

Definizione dizionario nip

distruggere

mordere

morso

pizzicare

pizzico

pizzicotto

rovinare

stretta

Altri significati:

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

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

(historical slang) A pickpocket.

A biting sarcasm; a taunt. (Hugh Latimer.)

To make a quick, short journey or errand; usually roundtrip.

(nautical) A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]

A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

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.

(vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.

A playful bite.

Briskly cold weather.

To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.