Nip

Examples

• All

• You're putting a lot of guys in the line of fire just to protect one dead Nip.

  Rising Sun (1993)

• Even the Nips are gonna know he's an officer.

  The Great Raid (2005)

• I just hope they've got a Nip in this building that speaks fucking English.

  Black Rain (1989)

• The Nips seem pretty set against us Americans.

  Fiction book (1990)

• You said the Nips weren't our job.

  Beachhead (1954)

• - Who's the Nip?

  Gran Torino (2008)

• In the film, the derogatory term nip was used to portray a character's racist attitudes.

• Using the word nip in conversation can reveal deep-seated prejudices against Japanese people.

• He harshly referred to his opponent as a nip, exposing his discriminatory beliefs.

Idioms

N

to nip in the bud

• Informal

20 5.4

Stop something early before it becomes a bigger problem

N

nip and tuck

• Informal

2 8.1

Very close and evenly matched until the end

I

in the nip

• Informal

1 9.9

When the weather is cold outside

Compounds

N

nip and tuck

3 8.3

A small surgery on the face that removes wrinkles and tightens skin

N

nip of winter

• UK

1 6.8

A small sharp cold feeling in the air that means winter is coming

Surface Forms

Etymology