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Meaning of nip

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  nip
      n 1: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey"
           [syn: {nip}, {shot}]
      2: (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese
         descent [syn: {Jap}, {Nip}]
      3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
         the mouth [syn: {relish}, {flavor}, {flavour}, {sapidity},
         {savor}, {savour}, {smack}, {nip}, {tang}]
      4: the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of
         early morning" [syn: {chilliness}, {coolness}, {nip}]
      5: a tart spicy quality [syn: {nip}, {piquance}, {piquancy},
         {piquantness}, {tang}, {tanginess}, {zest}]
      6: a small sharp bite or snip [syn: {nip}, {pinch}]
      v 1: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her
           behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: {pinch},
           {squeeze}, {twinge}, {tweet}, {nip}, {twitch}]
      2: give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgis always nip at
         her staff's ankles"
      3: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the
         flowers" [syn: {nip}, {nip off}, {clip}, {snip}, {snip off}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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