NIP AND TUCK

Meaning of NIP AND TUCK in English

evenly matched, hard fought to the finish They were going along nip and tuck but he finally won the race in the end.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

NIP AND TUCK — adjective or adverb Date: 1832 being so close that the lead or advantage shifts rapidly from one opponent to another
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIP AND TUCK — |nipən.|tək adjective (or adverb) : so close that the lead or advantage shifts rapidly from one contestant to another : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NIP AND TUCK — n. small cosmetic surgery for tightening the wrinkles of the face
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NIP AND TUCK — adj. neck and neck; not decisive as to outcome
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NIP AND TUCK — adjective or adverb Date: 1832 : being so close that the lead or advantage shifts rapidly from one opponent to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NIP AND TUCK — Pronunciation: ˌ nip- ə n(d)- ' t ə k Function: adjective or adverb Date: 1832 : being so close that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NIP AND TUCK — ■ adverb & adjective neck and neck. ■ noun informal a cosmetic surgical operation.
Concise Oxford English vocab
NIP AND TUCK — [nip and tuck] adj or adv (1832): being so close that the lead or advantage shifts rapidly from one opponent …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NIP AND TUCK — adjective , adverb , noun ■ adjective , adverb ( especially NAmE ) = neck and neck : The presidential …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NIP AND TUCK — Synonyms and related words : alike, at par, au pair, commensurate, drawn, equal, equalized, even, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, knotted, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NIP AND TUCK — {adj. or adv.}, {informal} Evenly matched; hard fought to the finish. * /The game was nip and tuck until the …
Slang English vocab
NIP AND TUCK — {adj. or adv.}, {informal} Evenly matched; hard fought to the finish. * /The game was nip and tuck until the …
Словарь английских идиом
NIP AND TUCK — a close race, having just enough to win or finish It was a close race - nip and tuck all …
English Idioms vocabulary
NIP AND TUCK — adj. or adv. , informal Evenly matched; hard fought to the finish. The game was nip and tuck until the …
American Idioms English vocabulary
NIP AND TUCK — амер. 1) плечом к плечу; вровень 2) во весь опор; полным ходом борьба, в которой ни одна из сторон не …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIP AND TUCK — борьба, в которой ни одна из сторон не имеет перевеса; равновесие сил the race stayed nip and tuck until the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NIP AND TUCK — амер.1) плечом к плечу; вровень 2) во весь опор; полным ходом
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NIP AND TUCK — борьба, в которой ни одна из сторон не имеет перевеса; равновесие сил the race stayed ~ until the last minute …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
NIP AND TUCK — борьба, в которой ни одна из сторон не имеет перевеса; равновесие сил the race stayed nip and tuck until the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NIP AND TUCK — борьба с равными шансами, вровень, голова в голову
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NIP AND TUCK — борьба с равными шансами, вровень, голова в голову
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NIP AND TUCK — амер. 1) плечом к плечу; вровень 2) во весь опор; полным ходом
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NIP AND TUCK — амер. 1) плечом к плечу; вровень 2) во весь опор; полным ходом
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NIP AND TUCK — _ам. а> плечом к плечу; вровень; б> во весь опор; полным ходом
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
NIP AND TUCK — ам. а. плечом к плечу; вровень; б. во весь опор; полным ходом
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
NIP AND TUCK — 1) амер. плечом к плечу, вровень 2) амер. во весь опор; полным ходом
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
NIP AND TUCK — амер. 1) плечом к плечу; вровень 2) во весь опор; полным ходом борьба, в которой ни одна из сторон не …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TUCK — I. ˈtək verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English tuken, touken, tucken, from Old English tūcian to ill-treat, punish; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NIP — I. ˈnip verb ( nipped or archaic nipt ; nipped or archaic nipt ; nipping ; nips ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUCK — (v. t.) To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a …
Английский словарь Webster
TUCK — (v. t.) To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
Английский словарь Webster
TUCK — (v. t.) To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the …
Английский словарь Webster
TUCK — ( v. t. ) To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUCK — ( v. t. ) To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUCK — ( v. t. ) To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUCK — tuck 1 /tuk/ , v.t. 1. to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NIP — nip 1 /nip/ , v. , nipped, nipping , n. v.t. 1. to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TUCK — I. ˈtək verb Etymology: Middle English tuken to mistreat, finish (cloth) by stretching and beating, tuck, from Old English tūcian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NIP — I. ˈnip verb ( nipped ; nip·ping ) Etymology: Middle English nippen; akin to Middle Dutch nipen to pinch, Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TUCK — noun a pull; a lugging. 2. tuck ·noun the beat of a drum. 3. tuck ·vt to full, as cloth. …
Webster English vocab
NIP — noun a short turn in a rope. 2. nip ·noun a biting sarcasm; a taunt. 3. nip ·noun a pinch …
Webster English vocab
TUCK — [tuck] vb [ME tuken to pull up sharply, scold, fr. OE tucian to ill-treat; akin to OHG zuhhen to jerk, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NIP — [nip] vb nipped ; nip.ping [ME nippen; akin to ON hnippa to prod] vt (14c) 1 a: to catch hold …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TUCK — tuck, Tuck BrE AmE tʌk ▷ tucked tʌkt ▷ tucking ˈtʌk ɪŋ ▷ tucks tʌks ▶ ˈ tuck box BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NIP — nip, Nip BrE AmE nɪp ▷ nipped nɪpt ▷ nipping/ly ˈnɪp ɪŋ /li ▷ nips nɪps
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TUCK — / tʌk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ vn + adv. / prep. ] 1. to push, fold …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NIP — / nɪp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( -pp- ) 1. nip (at sth) to give sb/sth a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TUCK — I. tuck 1 /tʌk/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: tuck 'to stretch cloth over hooks, pull' (13-19 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NIP — I. nip 1 /nɪp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle nipped , present participle nipping ) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TUCK — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by in, up) a draw, fold, or turn the outer or end …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TUCK — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by in, up) a draw, fold, or turn the outer or end …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NIP — v. & n. v. (nipped, nipping) 1 tr. pinch, squeeze, or bite sharply. 2 tr. (often foll. by off) remove …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TUCK — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. (often foll. by in, up) a draw, fold, or turn the outer or end …
Oxford English vocab
NIP — 1. v. & n. --v. (nipped, nipping) 1. tr. pinch, squeeze, or bite sharply. 2 tr. (often foll. by off) …
Oxford English vocab
TUCK — ( tucks, tucking, tucked) 1. If you tuck something somewhere, you put it there so that it is safe, comfortable, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NIP — ( nips, nipping, nipped) 1. If you nip somewhere, usually somewhere nearby, you go there quickly or for a short …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TUCK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES it was nip and tuck ▪ We made it to the airport, but it …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NIP — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB back ▪ With his usual presence of mind he nipped back and picked …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NIP — [noun] [C]I gave my thumb quite a nip when the pliers slipped.Nip and tuck is US for neck and neck.See …
Cambridge English vocab
TUCK — v. 25B6; verb he tucked his shirt into his trousers : PUSH, insert, slip; thrust, stuff, stick, cram; informal pop. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NIP — n. 25B6; verb the child nipped her : BITE, nibble, peck; pinch, tweak, squeeze, grip. (Brit. informal) I'm just nipping …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NIP — v. 1 bite, nibble; pinch, snip, clip, cut, snap, tweak, twitch, trim, lop, crop, shear; grip, squeeze The dog nipped …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TUCK — I 1. сущ. 1) складка (на платье) 2) сл. еда, особ. сласти, пирожное 2. гл. 1) делать складки (на платье); …
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