1. Noun
A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
2. Verb
To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
3. Verb
To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
4. Verb
Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
5. Verb
To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
6. Noun
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
7. Noun
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
8. Noun
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
9. Noun
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
10. Noun
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
11. Noun
A short turn in a rope.
12. Noun
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
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13. Noun
a small sharp bite or snip
Vocabulary classified under Word origins
14. Noun
the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of early morning"
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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