Nip

·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.