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nipnoun1 the quality or state of being stimulating to the mind or sensesthe barbecue sauce has a nip to it that balances out the sweetness piquancy, pungency, spice, tang, zest, zing raciness, spicinessfieriness, hotnessacuteness, keenness, sharpnessprovocativenessexcitement, invigoration, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, thrillbitterness, mordancy, trenchancyflavor, redolence, savor(also savour), savoriness, tastiness insipidity flatness, tastelessnessdullness(also dulness), insipidity, monotonousness, monotony, platitude, predictability, sameness, tediousnessblandness, thinness, weakness a very small amountI'll have just a nip of your sandwich ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whitatom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrapdash, drop, pinchpart, portion, sectionbite, nibble, tastehandful, scattering, smatter, smatteringdose, shotchip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splintertatterclipping, paring, shaving drop in the bucket abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings(also lashins, chiefly British), loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealthvolumebonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surpluschunk, hunk, lump, slab an uncomfortable degree of coolnessthere's a nip in the air today bite, bitterness, bleakness, chill, chilliness, nippiness, rawness, sharpness briskness, crispnesscoldness, frigidity, frigidness, frostiness, gelidity, iciness, wintrinesscold, freeze, snap balminess, warmness, warmthheat, hotness, sultriness nipnoun2the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one timegive me just a nip of milk to help me swallow this pill belt, draft, drag, drink, gulp, quaff, shot, sip, slug, snort, sup, swallow, swig, swill dram, drop nipverbto make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumentI'm just going to nip these hedges, and then I'll be done with the work outside bob, clip, crop, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, snip, trim skive, whittlemanicure, mowpinch, stumpcurtail, shorten elongate, extend, lengthen to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or pointsthe puppy nipped her hand while playing pinch crimp, tweakclasp, clutch, grasp, grip, hold, take drop, free, loose, loosen, release, spring to take (something) without right and with an intent to keepthat guy nipped my wallet from the restaurant table when I turned away appropriate, boost(slang), filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick(British slang), pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve burglarize, knock over, robloot, pillage, plunder, sackcarjack, hijack(also highjack)pick, riflepoach, rustle, shopliftcollar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, takemooch, spongeabduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with buy, purchasebestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present to proceed or move quicklyI'll just nip off to the corner store for some milk barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb(slang), bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scufflestampede, streak, whiz(or whizz)gallop, jog, sprintaccelerate, quicken, step outcatch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtakearrow, beeline beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it crawl, creep, poke dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarryamble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, strolldecelerate, slow (down or up) in the 15th century |