nip

The word “nip” has 1 syllable: nip

It's pronounced as /nɪp/


What is synonym and antonym for nip?

In the thesaurus, “nip” has 301 synonyms and 105 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nip along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nip

Antonyms for nip

Meanings of nip

  • noun
    1. A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
    2. A nipple, usually of a woman.
    3. A playful bite.
    4. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
    5. Briskly cold weather.
    6. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching.
    7. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
    8. A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
    9. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
    10. A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
    11. A short turn in a rope.
    12. (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another.
    13. A pickpocket.
  • verb
    1. To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
    2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
    3. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
    4. To annoy, as by nipping.
    5. To taunt.
    6. To squeeze or pinch.
    7. To steal; especially to cut a purse.
    8. To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

Example Sentences

  • She felt the cold wind nip at her cheeks.
  • Be careful—the puppy might nip if it gets too excited.
  • He decided to nip the problem in the bud before it got worse.
  • I’ll just nip into the store to grab some milk.
  • The frost began to nip at the edges of the leaves.

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gaff

iciness

  • bite
  • bitterness
  • bleakness
  • briskness
  • chill
  • chilliness
  • cold
  • coldness
  • coolness
  • crispness
  • freeze
  • frigidity
  • frigidness
  • frostiness
  • gelidity
  • gelidness
  • nip
  • nippiness
  • rawness
  • sharpness
  • snap
  • wintriness

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