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Nipt
(gcide) | Nip \Nip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nipped, less properly Nipt;
p. pr. & vb. n. Nipping.] [OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to
pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to
pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off,
nip, Lith. knebti.]
1. To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two
surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed;
to pinch; to close in upon.
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May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell,
Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat,
If I be such a traitress. --Tennyson.
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2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting
edges of anything; to clip.
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The small shoots . . . must be nipped off.
--Mortimer.
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3. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor
of; to destroy.
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4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
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And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.
--Spenser.
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To nip in the bud, to cut off at the very commencement of
growth; to kill in the incipient stage.
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nipt
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conniption
(encz) | conniption,hysterie n: Zdeněk Brožconniption,záchvat vzteku Zdeněk Brož |
conniption fit
(encz) | conniption fit, |
have a conniption
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Aphaniptera
(gcide) | Aphaniptera \Aph`a*nip"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? invisible
('a priv. + ? to appear) + ? a wing.] (Zool.)
A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type.
See Flea.
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Aphanipterous
(gcide) | Aphanipterous \Aph`a*nip"ter*ous\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera.
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conniption
(wn) | conniption
n 1: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum,
scene, conniption] |
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