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How to pronounce nips

noun

Say it like: Nip-s

The correct spelling is nips. A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor. For example: "He had a nip of whiskey."

Usage Examples

He had a nip of whiskey.

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

The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
  2. 2.A nipple, usually of a woman.
  3. 3.A playful bite.
  4. 4.A pinch with the nails or teeth.
  5. 5.Briskly cold weather.

verb

  1. 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.
  2. 2.To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
  3. 3.To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
  4. 4.To annoy, as by nipping.
  5. 5.To taunt.

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