NIPT
Nip \
Nip \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Nipped },
less properly {
Nipt };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Nipping }.] [
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 .
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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 .
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2 .
To remove by pinching ,
biting ,
or cutting with two meeting edges of anything ;
to clip .
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The small shoots . . .
must be nipped off .
--
Mortimer .
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3 .
Hence :
To blast ,
as by frost ;
to check the growth or vigor of ;
to destroy .
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4 .
To vex or pain ,
as by nipping ;
hence ,
to taunt .
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And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip .
--
Spenser .
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{
To nip in the bud },
to cut off at the very commencement of growth ;
to kill in the incipient stage .
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