1. A small sharp bite or snip
   "The puppy gave her finger a playful nip";
   - pinch
    
2. A small drink of liquor
   "he poured a nip of whiskey";
   - shot, slug
    
3. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
   "The sauce had a pleasant flavour with a nip of garlic";
   - relish, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], sapidity, savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn], smack, tang
    
4. A tart spicy quality
   "The nip of the lemon dressing complemented the salad";
   - piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest
    
5. The property of being moderately cold
   "the nip of early morning";
   - chilliness, coolness

1. Press tightly between the fingers
   "He nipped her behind";
   - pinch, squeeze, twitch
    
2. Give a small sharp bite to
   "The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles"
    
3. Cut or sever by pinching or cutting with small strokes of scissors, pruning shears, etc.
   "nip off the flowers";
   - nip off, clip, snip, snip off
    
4. [Brit, informal] Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
   "nip to the store!";
   - run

1. (offensive slang) a person of Japanese descent

Derived forms: Nips, nips, nipped, nipping

Type of: bite, chomp, clip, cold, coldness, cut, frigidity, frigidness, go, grip, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, Japanese, locomote, low temperature, move, Nipponese, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, snip, spice, spicery, spiciness, taste, taste perception, taste sensation, travel

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