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Definition of Nipping

Nipping
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. 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.
Nipping
Nipping Nip"ping, a. Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.

Meaning of Nipping from wikipedia

- Look up nip in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. NIP or nip may refer to: Dubai National Industries Park, a technology park in Dubai, UAE National Immunization...
- the basis of its colouring and practice of moving reluctant cattle by nipping at their heels. The nickname "Queensland Heeler" may have originated in...
- variant of Old Man Winter who is held responsible for frosty weather, nipping the fingers and toes in such weather, coloring the foliage in autumn, and...
- 9 December 2024. Knight, Will. "Meta's Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI's Heels". Wired. Archived from the original on 2024-09-27. Retrieved...
- or, such as the commonly used expressions, a "pebble in one's shoe" or "nipping at one's heels". mea culpa through my fault Used in Christian prayers and...
- expressed his "profoundly felt gratitude", and congratulated Hitler for "nipping treason in the bud", although Hermann Göring later admitted during the...
- French word 'pincer,' meaning "to seize" or "to nip".) And seizing and nipping are apt descriptions of how GPs originally earned a living: rat killing...
- introducing them into the private parts of men and women...prevention of sleep...nipping the flesh with pinners...suspension from the branches of a tree...imprisonment...
- does much the same: bite the prey and then follow it for miles, sometimes nipping at its heels, until it expires and becomes the next meal." In 2016 McCloud...
- just prior to the tooth coming in. Puppies may exhibit excessive chewing, nipping, and drooling. If there is an extreme change in behavior, it is recommended...