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Nip

N ชาวญี่ปุ่น คนญี่ปุ่น chow-yi-pun

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N การ หนีบ การ คีบ การบีบ การ หยิก การ งับ kan-nib

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N เครื่องดื่ม แอลกอฮอล์ krueng-duam-ael-ko-hor

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VT ขลิบ ตัด เด็ด kib

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VT หนีบ บีบ คีบ nibble pinch snap nib

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NIP

v.t.[G. a nipping tool; to nip, to cut off, to pinch. ] 1. To cut, bite or pinch off the end or nib, or to pinch off with the ends of the fingers. The word is used in both senses; the former is probably the true sense. Hence,
2. To cut off the end of any thing; to clip, as with a knife or scissors; as, to nip off a shoot or twig.
3. To blast; to kill or destroy the end of any thing; hence, to kill; as, the frost has nipped the corn; the leaves are nipped; the plant was nipped int he bud. Hence, to nip in the bud, is to kill or destroy in infancy or youth, or in the first stage of growth.
4. To pinch, bite or affect the extremities of any thing; as a nipping frost; hence, to pinch or bite in general; to check growth.
5. To check circulation.
When blood is nipt. [Unusual. ]
6. To bite; to vex.
And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.
7. To satirize keenly; to taunt sarcastically.

NIP

n. 1. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
2. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
3. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants; destruction by frost.
4. A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
5. A sip or small draught; as a nip of toddy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NIP

Nip, n. Etym: [LG. & D. nippen to sip; akin to Dan. nippe, G.nippen. ]

Defn: A sip or small draught; esp. , a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

NIP

Nip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nipped, less properly Nipt; p. pr. & vb. n.Nipping. ] Etym: [OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off, nip, Lith. knebti.]

1. To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such a traitress. Tennyson.

2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. The small shoots... must be nipped off. Mortimer.

3. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip. Spenser. To nip in the bud, to cut off at the verycommencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage.

NIP

1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

2. A pinch with the nails or teeth.

3. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

4. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

5. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. Latimer.

6. (Naut. )

Defn: A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]

New American Oxford Dictionary

Nip

Nip |nip nɪp | ▶noun informal, offensive a Japanese person. ORIGIN mid 20th cent.: abbreviation of the synonym Nipponese, from Nippon (see Nippon ).

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nip 1 |nip nɪp | ▶verb ( nips, nipping , nipped ) 1 [ with obj. ] pinch, squeeze, or bite sharply: the dog nipped him on the leg. • (of the cold or frost ) cause sharp pain or harm to: the vegetable garden, nipped now by frost. • (nip something off ) remove something by pinching or squeezing sharply. 2 informal defeat by a narrow margin. 3 [ with obj. ] informal steal or snatch (something ): if I nipped a five-dollar bill I could slip it back the next day. ▶noun a sharp pinch, squeeze, or bite. • a feeling of biting cold: there was a real winter nip in the air . PHRASES nip something in the bud suppress or destroy something, esp. at an early stage: the idea has been nipped in the bud at the local level. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of Low German or Dutch origin.

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nip 2 |nɪp nip | ▶noun a small quantity or sip of liquor. ▶verb ( nips, nipping , nipped ) [ no obj. ] take a sip or sips of liquor: the men nipped from the bottle. ORIGIN late 18th cent. (originally denoting a half-pint of ale ): probably an abbreviation of the rare term nipperkin ‘small measure ’; compare with Low German and Dutch nippen ‘to sip. ’

Oxford Dictionary

Nip

Nip |nɪp | ▶noun informal, offensive a Japanese person. ORIGIN 1940s: abbreviation of Nipponese .

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nip 1 |nɪp | ▶verb ( nips, nipping, nipped ) 1 [ with obj. ] bite or pinch sharply: one of the dogs nipped him on the leg | [ no obj. ] : his teeth nipped at her ear. • (of the cold or frost ) damage or hurt: the vegetable garden, nipped now by frost. • (nip something off ) remove something by pinching or squeezing sharply: he nipped off a length of wire with the cutters. 2 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] Brit. informal go quickly: I'm just nipping down to the Post Office. 3 [ with obj. ] US informal steal or snatch (something ). ▶noun a sharp bite or pinch. • a feeling of biting cold: a keen nip in the air . PHRASES in the nip Irish informal in the nude; naked. nip something in the bud suppress or destroy something at an early stage. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably of Low German or Dutch origin.

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nip 2 |nɪp | ▶noun a small quantity or sip of spirits. ▶verb ( nips, nipping, nipped ) [ no obj. ] take a sip or sips of spirits: the men nipped from the bottle. ORIGIN late 18th cent. (originally denoting a half-pint of ale ): probably an abbreviation of the rare term nipperkin ‘small measure ’; compare with Low German and Dutch nippen ‘to sip ’.

American Oxford Thesaurus

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nip verb the child nipped her: bite, nibble, peck; pinch, tweak, squeeze, grip. ▶noun a nip in the air: chill, biting cold, iciness. PHRASES nip something in the bud before your children start spending most of their free time in front of the television or computer, nip it in the bud: cut short, curtail, check, curb, thwart, frustrate, stop, halt, arrest, stifle, obstruct, block, squash, quash, subdue, crack down on, stamp out; informal put the kibosh on.

Oxford Thesaurus

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nip verb 1 the dog nipped her ankle: bite, nibble, peck, pinch, tweak, squeeze, grip. 2 Brit. informal I'll just nip out and see what's going on: go, rush, dash, dart, hurry, scurry, scamper; drop by /in /into /round, stop by, visit; informal tootle, pop, whip. PHRASES nip something in the bud let's nip this unpleasantness in the bud before it goes any further: curtail, cut short, strangle at birth, check, cut off, thwart, beat, frustrate, curb, stop, halt, arrest, stifle, obstruct, impede, block, squash, quash, subdue, quell, crack down on, stamp out; informal squelch, put the kibosh on, clobber. nip something off carefully nip off older flowers on cyclamens and African violets: cut off, snip (off ), trim, clip, prune, hack off, chop off, saw off, lop (off ), dock, crop, sever, separate, detach, remove, take off. ▶noun rockhopper penguins have a strong beak that can deliver a serious nip: bite, nibble, peck, pinch, tweak, squeeze, grip.

French Dictionary

NIP

NIP sigle Sigle de numéro d ’identification personnel.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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nip 1 /nɪp /動詞～s /-s /; ～ped /-t /; ～ping 他動詞 1 …をつまむ, つねる, はさむ (pinch ); … を軽くかむ, かじる (bite )▸ nip one's coat in the door ドアに上着をはさむ 2 ｟書｠〈寒さ風などが〉…をこごえさせる, 傷める ; 〈手など〉をかじかませる ▸ The east wind nip s the early blossoms .東風が早咲きの花を傷める 3 …を摘み [切り, むしり ]取る (off )▸ nip (off ) the dead leaves 枯れ葉を摘み取る 4 〈成長発達など〉を妨げる, 阻止する ; … の腰を折る, …をくじく ▸ The chilly reception nipped the enthusiasm .冷たい反応が熱狂に冷や水を浴びせた 5 ｟米俗｠…をひったくる, 盗む .自動詞 1 «…を » つまむ, つねる, はさむ ; « …に » 軽くかみつく «at » ▸ The dog nipped at my leg .イヌが私の脚にかみついた 2 ｟書｠〈寒さ風などが〉肌をさす, 骨身にこたえる, 身にしみる ; « …を » 凍えさせる «at » .3 ｟主に英くだけた話｠〖～＋副詞〗すばやく [ちょっと ] (…へ )行く (hurry ); 急いで … する ▸ nip along [off , away ]急いで行く [立ち去る ]n ì p í n 1 さっと割り込む, 急に口を出す ▸ nip in with a smart question すかさず気のきいた質問をする 2 急いで (中に )入る .3 (競走道路で )間に割り込む .n ì p A í n A 〈衣服 (の幅丈（たけ）など )〉を縮める, 詰める .名詞 C 〖時にa ～〗1 つまむこと, つねること, はさむこと (pinch ); 1つねり, 1かみ [かじり ](bite ); 少量 ▸ give A a nip on A's arm A 〈人〉の腕をつねる, Aにかじりつく .2 ｟くだけて｠身を切る寒さ ▸ There is a nasty nip in the air .身を切るようにひどく寒い 3 ぴりっとする味 .n ì p and t ú ck ｟主に米話｠1 (競走などで )互角で [の ], 負けず劣らずに [の ](neck and neck ).2 整形手術 (plastic surgery ).

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nip 2 名詞 C ｟くだけて｠〖通例単数形で〗(酒などの )少量, ひと口 .動詞～s ; ～ped ; ～ping 自動詞他動詞 (〈酒〉を )ちびりちびり飲む .