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n (vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.
v To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
v To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
v To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
v To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
n A pinch with the nails or teeth.
n A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
n A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
n A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
n A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
n (nautical) A short turn in a rope. Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest. [Low, U.S.]
n The place of intersection where one roll touches another in papermaking.
v To make a quick, short journey or errand; usually roundtrip.