nip
verb
uk/nɪp/us/nɪp/-pp-nipverb(GO QUICKLY)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]UKinformal
to gosomewherequicklyor besomewherefor only ashorttime:
快走;去一会儿Can you nipout/round/downto theshopfor me?你能替我跑一趟商店吗?
Shall we nipinto thecaféfor abitetoeat?我们要不要去咖啡馆随便吃点东西?
Moving quickly
- agility
 - beetle
 - bowl down/alongsomething
 - buzz
 - careen
 - career
 - gallop
 - gun
 - outsail
 - pelt
 - rush
 - scamper
 - scoot
 - scrabble
 - scramble
 - scud
 - shoot
 - stampede
 - ton
 - trot
 
nipverb(PRESS QUICKLY)
[IorT]
topresssomethingquicklyandquitehard between twoobjects,especiallysharpobjectssuch asteethornails:
咬;夹;掐;捏Josie'shamsternipped me.乔西的仓鼠咬了我。
Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
 - beg
 - behave
 - behaviour
 - behavioural science
 - behaviourist
 - claw
 - gambol
 - housebroken
 - migrate
 - monogamous
 - monogamy
 - murmuration
 - nocturnal
 - non-migrant
 - nuzzle
 - ruminate
 - scent
 - skitter
 - soar
 
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Idiom
nipsomethingin the bud
nip
noun
uk/nɪp/us/nɪp/nipnoun(COLD)
a nip (in the air)informal
If there is a nip in theair, theairoutsideisquitecold:
寒冷,严寒You cantellwinter's onitsway - there's arealnip in theairin themornings.你可以感觉到冬天即将来临——早晨颇感寒气袭人。
Cold
- Baltic
 - be (as) cold as iceidiom
 - bitter
 - bitterly
 - bone-chilling
 - cold snap
 - coldness
 - cooling
 - crispness
 - dank
 - frozen
 - glacial
 - nuclear winter
 - perished
 - polar vortex
 - post-glacial
 - refrigerated
 - sharpness
 - stone-cold
 - ultracold
 
nipnoun(QUICK BITE/PRESS)
anoccasionwhen something nips apersonor thing:
咬;夹;掐;捏Thedoggave me a nip when we wereplaying.狗在和我玩的时候咬了我一下。
Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
 - beg
 - behave
 - behaviour
 - behavioural science
 - behaviourist
 - claw
 - gambol
 - housebroken
 - migrate
 - monogamous
 - monogamy
 - murmuration
 - nocturnal
 - non-migrant
 - nuzzle
 - ruminate
 - scent
 - skitter
 - soar
 
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nipnoun(DRINK)
[C]UKinformal
asmallamountofstrongalcoholicdrink:
少量(烈性酒)a nip ofgin/brandy一点儿杜松子酒/白兰地
Alcohol - general words
- alcoholic
 - alcopop
 - Angostura
 - aperitif
 - bevvy
 - booze
 - intoxicant
 - juice
 - kick
 - libation
 - liquid lunch
 - liquor
 - pre-drink
 - pre-drinking
 - predrinks
 - pregaming
 - preload
 - specific gravity
 - tot
 - usual
 
Idioms
a nip (here) and a tuck (there)
a nip and tuck
nip and tuck