nipping

The word “nipping” has 2 syllables: nip-ping

It's pronounced as /ˈnɪpɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for nipping?

In the thesaurus, “nipping” has 207 synonyms and 81 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for nipping

abducting
accelerating
algid
appropriating
arctic
arrowing
barreling
barrelling
beating it
beelining
beetling
belting
bitter
blasting
blazing
bleak
blowing
bobbing
bolting
bombing
bone-chilling
boosting
bowling
bracing
breezing
brisk
bundling
burglarizing
bustling
buzzing
cannonballing
careening
careering
carjacking
catching up
chasing
chill
chilled
chilling
chilly
clasping
clipping
clutching
cold
coldish
collaring
cool
cooled
coolish
coursing
crimping
crisp
cropping
cryogenic
curtailing
cutting
cutting back
darting
dashing
docking
driving
fast-forwarding
filching
flitting
flying
freezing
frigid
frore
frosted
frosty
frozen
galloping
gelid
getting a move on
glacial
grabbing
grasping
gripping
haring
hastening
heisting
hieing
highballing
highjacking
hijacking
holding
hooking
humping
hurling
hurrying
hurtling
hustling
hying
ice-cold
iced
icy
invigorating
jetting
jogging
jumping
keen
kidnaping
kidnapping
knocking over
lifting
looting
making away with
making off with
making tracks
manicuring
misappropriating
mooching
motoring
mowing
nailing
nicking
nippy
numbing
outpacing
outrunning
outstripping
overtaking
paring
pelting
penetrating
picking
piercing
pilfering
pillaging
pinching
plundering
poaching
pocketing
polar
polling
pruning
purloining
quickening
racing
ramming
raw
refrigerated
rifling
rigorous
ripping
ripping off
robbing
rocketing
running
running off with
rushing
rustling
sacking
scampering
scooting
scudding
scuffling
scurrying
scuttling
seizing
shaking a leg
shanghaiing
sharp
shaving
shearing
shivery
shooting
shoplifting
shortening
skiving
snappy
snatching
snipping
snitching
speeding
spiriting
sponging
sprinting
stampeding
stealing
stepping
stepping on it
stepping out
streaking
stumping
subfreezing
subzero
swiping
taking
tearing
thieving
traveling
travelling
trimming
trotting
tweaking
ultracold
unheated
walking off with
whirling
whisking
whittling
whizzing
wintery
wintry
zipping
zooming

Antonyms for nipping

ambling
ardent
balmy
bestowing
blazing
boiling
broiling
burning
buying
canicular
contributing
crawling
creeping
dallying
dawdling
decelerating
dillydallying
donating
dragging
dropping
elongating
enflamed
equatorial
extending
fervent
fervid
feverish
fiery
flushed
freeing
giving
glowing
handing over
heated
hot
igneous
inflamed
lagging
lengthening
lingering
loitering
loosening
loosing
lukewarm
lumbering
molten
muggy
overheated
piping hot
plodding
poking
presenting
purchasing
red-hot
reheated
releasing
roasting
sauntering
scalding
scorching
searing
seething
shuffling
sizzling
snug
springing
steamy
strolling
sultry
summery
sweltering
tarrying
tepid
toasty
torrid
tropical
ultrahot
warm
warmed
warming
white-hot

Meanings of nipping

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.
noun
1. The act or sensation of giving a nip.

Example Sentences

The cold wind was nipping at their faces as they walked.
The puppy kept nipping at the edge of the blanket playfully.
She focused on nipping the problem in the bud before it grew.
Frost was already nipping the garden plants overnight.
He’s just nipping out to the store for a few minutes.

On this page you'll find 288 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nipping, such as: abducting, accelerating, algid, ambling, appropriating, arctic, ardent.

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