nip

Examples

• All

• The air at this hour of the morning was fresh and crisp, with a slight nip to it.

  Fiction book (1993)

• - There is a nip in the air though.

  National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

• Well, maybe I will just take one tiny nip more.

  A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

• Mary pulls her head back into the kitchen, leaving the windows open despite the nip in the air outside.

  Fiction book (1998)

• There'll be a nip in the air at night, so make sure you wear your sweater to sleep and cover yourself.

  Fiction book (2001)

• There was a nip in the air, but it was humid enough still, and the bugs came fierce.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Hydraulics whined, and the air had a chilly nip that barely cut the odor of oil and paint.

  Fiction book (1992)

• She felt a nip on her cheek when the dog playfully bit her.

• There is a chilly nip in the air that reminds us winter is coming.

• The nip of cold water from the lake made him shiver.

Synonyms

S

snip

vsnip

20 1.1

A quick small cut you make with scissors or shears

is a tiny sharp sensation or quick pinch rather than cutting action

B

bite

vsnip

19 5.3

A sharp, strong quality in taste or smell

is a smaller, quicker sensation rather than a general sharp quality

T

tang

vsnip

11 5.9

A strong sharp taste or smell that stays on the tongue

is a smaller or brief sharp feeling beyond taste or smell

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

How Sharp

to bite

19 3.1

sting

52 1.4

nip

7 6.3

pinch

25 1.0

twinge

18 4.9

Surface Forms

Etymology