nip
1. a small drink of liquor
- he poured a shot of whiskey
• Syn:
shot
• Hypernyms:
small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
2. the property of being moderately cold
- the chilliness of early morning
• Syn:
chilliness, coolness
• Derivationally related forms:
nippy, cool (for: coolness), chilly (for: chilliness)
• Hypernyms:
coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness
3. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
• Syn:
relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity, savor,
savour, smack, tang
• Derivationally related forms:
tangy (for: tang), nippy, smack (for: smack), savoury (for: savour), savour (for: savour), savor (for: savor), flavourous (for: flavour), flavour (for: flavour), flavorous (for: flavor), flavor (for: flavor)
• Hypernyms:
taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception
• Hyponyms:
lemon, vanilla
4. a tart spicy quality
• Syn:
piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest
• Derivationally related forms:
zesty (for: zest), tangy (for: tanginess), nippy, zest (for: zest)
• Hypernyms:
spiciness, spice, spicery
5. a small sharp bite or snip
• Syn:
pinch
• Derivationally related forms:
pinch (for: pinch)
• Hypernyms:
bite, chomp, clip, clipping, snip
1. squeeze tightly between the fingers (Freq. 1)
- He pinched her behind
- She squeezed the bottle
• Syn:
pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, twitch
• Derivationally related forms:
nipper, squeeze (for: squeeze), pinch (for: pinch)
• Hypernyms:
grip
• Hyponyms:
goose, tweak
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. give a small sharp bite to (Freq. 1)
- The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles
• Hypernyms:
bite, seize with teeth
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- nip off the flowers
• Syn:
nip off, clip, snip, snip off
• Derivationally related forms:
snip (for: snip), snipping (for: snip), clip (for: clip), clipper (for: clip), clipping (for: clip)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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