Definition of Nipping
Adjective: nipping ni-ping
- Capable of wounding
"a nipping compliment";
- barbed, biting, pungent, mordacious
- Pleasantly cold and invigorating
"a nipping wind";
- crisp, frosty, nippy [Brit, Cdn], snappy
- Press tightly between the fingers
"He nipped her behind";
- pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, twitch
- Give a small sharp bite to
"The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles"
- Sever or remove by pinching or snipping
"nip off the flowers";
- nip off, clip, snip, snip off
- [Brit] Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
"nip to the store!";
- run
See also:
nippinesses
nippingly
Anagrams containing the word nipping