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1. Capable of wounding
   "a nipping compliment";
   - barbed, biting, pungent, mordacious
    
2. Pleasantly cold and invigorating
   "a nipping wind";
   - crisp, frosty, nippy [Brit, Cdn], snappy

1. Press tightly between the fingers
   "He nipped her behind";
   - pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, twitch
    
2. Give a small sharp bite to
   "The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles"
    
3. Sever or remove by pinching or snipping
   "nip off the flowers";
   - nip off, clip, snip, snip off
    
4. [Brit] Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
   "nip to the store!";
   - run

See also: cold, sarcastic

Type of: bite, cut, go, grip, locomote, move, seize with teeth, travel

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