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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 [informal], snappy [informal]

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. Cut or sever by pinching or cutting with small strokes of scissors, pruning shears, etc.
   "nip off the flowers";
   - nip off, clip, snip, snip off
    
4. [Brit, informal] Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means
   "nip to the store!";
   - run

See also: cold, sarcastic, sarky [Brit, informal]

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

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