·noun A short turn in a rope.
II. Nip ·noun A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
III. Nip ·noun A pinch with the nails or teeth.
IV. Nip ·noun A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
V. Nip ·vt To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
VI. Nip ·noun A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
VII. Nip ·noun A sip or small draught; ·esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
VIII. Nip ·noun A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
IX. Nip ·vt Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to
Destroy.
X. Nip ·vt To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to
Clip.
XI. Nip ·vt To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to
Pinch; to close in upon.