NIP

noun a short turn in a rope.

2. nip ·noun a biting sarcasm; a taunt.

3. nip ·noun a pinch with the nails or teeth.

4. nip ·noun a small cut, or a cutting off the end.

5. nip ·vt to vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.

6. nip ·noun a blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

7. nip ·noun a sip or small draught; ·esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

8. nip ·noun a seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

9. nip ·vt hence: to blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

10. nip ·vt to remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

11. nip ·vt to catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.