| slovo | definícia |
nip
(encz) | nip,čudlík |
nip
(encz) | nip,špetka |
nip
(encz) | nip,štípanec |
nip
(encz) | nip,uštípnout Pavel Machek |
Nip
(gcide) | Nip \Nip\, n. [LG. & D. nippen to sip; akin to Dan. nippe, G.
nippen.]
A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating
liquor; a dram.
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Nip
(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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Nip
(gcide) | Nip \Nip\, n.
1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the
northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
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2. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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3. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
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4. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
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5. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. --Latimer.
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6. (Naut.) A short turn in a rope.
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Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest;
as, it was nip and tuck right to the last minute of play.
[Low, U.S.]
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nip
(wn) | nip
n 1: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey"
[syn: nip, shot]
2: (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese
descent [syn: Jap, Nip]
3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity,
savor, savour, smack, nip, tang]
4: the property of being moderately cold; "the chilliness of
early morning" [syn: chilliness, coolness, nip]
5: a tart spicy quality [syn: nip, piquance, piquancy,
piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest]
6: a small sharp bite or snip [syn: nip, pinch]
v 1: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her
behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch,
squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, 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" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off] |
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