nip

nip
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v
1. pinch, bite, bite in, tweak, vellicate, chomp, incise.
2. snip, cut, cut off, lop, sunder; crop, truncate, dock, take off, snap, crack off, shave off, shear, clip.
3. retard, check, shorten, cut short, abbreviate; blight, supress, stunt, slow down, delay, drag down; impede, hinder, inhibit, obstruct, cramp, constrain, Hold back, discommode, inconvenience.
4.Informal. snatch, seize, clutch, snare; snag, snatch, grab, get one's fingers or hands on, finger, clasp, grip, grasp; bag, sack, pocket; steal, thieve, purloin, take, palm, make off with, Inf. borrow; annex, snitch, swipe, mooch, nick, Inf. cop; appropriate, usurp, help oneself to, make free with, pirate, Inf. lift, plagiarize.
5. nip in the bud
See bud(def.3).
n
6. pinch, tweak, vellication, bite, chomp, incision.
7. nasty remark, sharp remark, Inf. dig, sharp rejoinder, caustic remark, Inf. zinger; gibe, scoff, jeer, taunt, Inf. jab, Inf. cut, Sl. comeback, insult.
8. tang, tartness, zest, sharpness, piquance, piquancy; savor, high seasoning, strong seasoning, high flavor, high relish, strong taste; Inf. zip, Inf. punch, Inf. snack, Inf. twang; poignancy, pungency, pungence.
9. morsel, nibble, taste, Inf. sniggie, Inf. sample.
II
n
1. shot, Sl. snort, sip, Inf. swig, jiggerful; gulp, portion, draft, draught, swill; dram, peg, Brit. half pint.
v
2. tipple, drink constantly, drink on the job; Inf. closet-drink, drink on the sly, Inf. booze; Inf. bend the elbow, Inf. drink like a fish, Inf. lean on the stuff.

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