1. Surgery performed to improve a person's appearance, especially of the face or body
   "some actresses have more than one nip and tuck";
   - face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty

1. Inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
   "the election was a nip and tuck affair";
   - neck and neck, head-to-head, level pegging [Brit, informal]

1. Even or close in a race or competition or comparison
   "he won nip and tuck";
   - neck and neck, head-to-head

Derived forms: nip and tucks

See also: inconclusive

Type of: anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery

Encyclopedia: Nip and tuck