noun.
A sip or small draught, especially of some strong spirituous beverage: as, a, nip of brandy.
noun.
A short steep ascent.
noun.
A hill or mountain.
To take a dram or nip. See nip, n.
To press sharply and tightly between two surfaces or points, as of the fingers; pinch.
Figuratively, to press closely upon; affect; concern.
To sever or break the edge or end of by pinching; pinch (off) with the ends of the fingers or with pincers or nippers: with off.
To blast, as by frost; destroy; check the growth or vigor of.
To affect with a sharp tingling sensation; benumb.
To bite; sting.
To satirize keenly; taunt sarcastically; vex.
To steal, pilfer; purloin.
To snatch up hastily.
to tie or secure a cable with nippers to the messenger.
noun.
A turnip.
noun.
Mist; darkness.
In cricket:
To catch neatly: said of a fielder.
To break sharply: said of a bowled ball.
noun.
The place of contact between two cylinders, rollers, or bowls.
noun.
To take a new hold; refresh the memory.
noun.
A low cliff cut in the border of land near the sea.
To cut a low cliff in (the border of the land) by wave action.
noun.
The act of compressing between two opposing surfaces or points, as in seizing and compressing a bit of the skin between the fingers; a pinch.
noun.
A closing in of ice about a vessel so as to press upon or crush her.
noun.
A pinch which severs or removes a part; a snipping, biting, or pinching off.
noun.
A small bit of anything; as much as may be nipped off by the finger and thumb.
noun.
A check to growth from a sudden blasting or attack from frost or cold; a sharp frost-bite which kills the tips or ends of a plant or leaf.
noun.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
noun.
A thief; a pickpocket.