Crossword-Solution: NIP
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| 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. |
| Nip | n. | A pinch with the nails or teeth. |
| Nip | n. | A small cut, or a cutting off the end. |
| Nip | n. | A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost. |
| Nip | n. | A biting sarcasm; a taunt. |
| Nip | n. | A short turn in a rope. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| NIP | anagram | PIN |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
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Sentences with NIP (5)
Get a pair of dogs and try it, let the snake give both a nip; Give your dog the snakebite mixture, let the other fellow rip; If he dies and yours survives him, then it proves the thing is good.
Shun the poison breath of cities -- billiard-rooms and private bars, Go where you can breathe God's air and see the grandeur of the stars! Find again and follow up the old ambitions that you had -- See if you can raise a drink, old man, I'm feelin' mighty bad -- Hot and sweetened, nip o' butter -- squeeze o' lemon, Pete,' he sighed.
Come along, and I’ll give you a nip of brandy, and you can toast yourself over the fire and try some of my new Egyptians—that little Turkish chap at the Embassy put me on to a brand that I want you to try, and if you like ’em I’ll get out a lot for you: they don’t have ’em here yet, but I’ll cable.” He led her through the house to the large room at the back, where Mrs.
After a few good “shakings” they begin to take a nip or two to put heart into them before they go out, and after a while they have to increase the dose.
Across the open spaces we gained, and in the brush they caught up with us, and more than once it was nip and tuck.
Quotes with NIP (3)
Breeze strolled over to the table and chose a seat with his characteristic decorum. The portly man raised his dueling cane, pointing it at Ham. 'I see that my period of intellectual respite has come to an end.'Ham smiled. 'I thought up a couple beastly questions while I was gone, and I've been saving them just for you, Breeze.''I'm dying of anticipation,' Breeze said. He turned his cane toward Lestibournes. 'Spook, drink.'Spook rushed over and fetched Breeze a cup of wine.'He…
Teachers dread nothing so much as unusual characteristics in precocious boys during the initial stages of their adolescence. A certain streak of genius makes an ominous impression on them, for there exists a deep gulf between genius and the teaching profession. Anyone with a touch of genius seems to his teachers a freak from the very first. As far as teachers are concerned, they define young geniuses as those who are bad, disrespectful, smoke at fourteen, fall in love at fift…
Thus the struggle between rule and spirit repeats itself year after year from school to school. The authorities go to infinite pains to nip the few profound or more valuable intellects in the bud. And time and again the ones who are detested by their teachers are frequently punished, the runaways and those expelled, are the ones who afterwards add to society's treasure. But some - and who knows how many? - waste away quiet obstinacy and finally go under.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Tribune, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 731 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).