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nipped

The word “nipped” has 1 syllable: nipped

It's pronounced as /nɪpt/

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In the thesaurus, “nipped” has 182 synonyms and 40 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for nipped

Antonyms for nipped

Meanings of nipped

  • 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

  • The chilly wind nipped at their faces during the morning walk.
  • She quickly nipped the argument in the bud before it escalated.
  • The puppy nipped at his shoelaces while playing.
  • Frost nipped the early blooms overnight.
  • He nipped outside to grab the newspaper before breakfast.

On this page you'll find 222 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nipped, such as: abducted, accelerated, ambled, anesthetized, appropriated, arrowed, asleep.

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Related Words

made away with

made off with

padded

  • ambled
  • ambulated
  • amplified
  • bloated
  • bounced
  • caricatured
  • clumped
  • colored
  • cushioned
  • dressed up
  • elaborated
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  • embroidered
  • emphasized
  • enhanced
  • enlarged
  • exaggerated
  • expanded
  • faltered
  • filled
  • footslogged
  • fudged
  • gimped
  • grandiose
  • gussied up
  • hedged
  • hiked
  • hobbled
  • hyped-up
  • hyperbolized
  • inflated
  • limped
  • lumbered
  • lurched
  • magnified
  • marched
  • minced
  • moseyed
  • nipped
  • outsize
  • outsized
  • overblown
  • overdid
  • overdone
  • overdrawn
  • overdrew
  • overemphasized
  • overplayed
  • overstated
  • overweening
  • paced
  • paraded
  • perambulated
  • peregrinated
  • played up
  • plodded
  • pounded
  • power walked
  • pranced
  • preposterous
  • promenaded
  • pussyfooted
  • quilted
  • rambled
  • sashayed
  • satirized
  • sauntered
  • scuffed
  • shambled
  • shuffled
  • staggered
  • stalked
  • stepped
  • stepped out
  • stomped
  • stressed
  • stretched
  • strode
  • strolled
  • strutted
  • stumbled
  • stumped
  • swaggered
  • tapped
  • tiptoed
  • toddled
  • traipsed
  • tramped
  • trampled
  • treaded
  • trekked
  • tripped
  • trod
  • tromped
  • trooped
  • trotted
  • trudged
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • unreasonable
  • waddled
  • walked
  • wandered

quaffed

raced

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