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Rarenips
The correct spelling is nips.
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.A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
- 2.A nipple, usually of a woman.
- 3.A playful bite.
- 4.A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- 5.Briskly cold weather.
verb
- 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.To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- 3.To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- 4.To annoy, as by nipping.
- 5.To taunt.
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