What is another word for nip?
688 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ nˈɪp], [ nˈɪp], [ n_ˈɪ_p]
The word "nip" has several synonyms that can be used interchangeably depending on the context. Some of these synonyms are "pinch", "squeeze", "bite", "grasp", "grip", "clutch", "tweak", and "snatch". These words connote different levels of intensity and purpose for the act of "nip". For instance, "pinch" and "squeeze" are usually used to express a light touch while "bite" denotes a more forceful action. "Grasp", "grip" and "clutch" imply the act of holding onto something tightly. A "tweak" connotes a quick adjustment or manipulation of something, while "snatch" denotes the act of seizing something quickly. These synonyms help to broaden your vocabulary and add variety to your communication.
Synonyms for Nip:
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n.
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- reach .
- gloms ,
- pick ups ,
- preventive custodies ,
- protective custodies ,
- pull ins ,
- re straining ,
- re-straining ,
- restrainings ,
- sequesterings .
- dis section ,
- dis sections ,
- dis-section ,
- dis-sections ,
- inter section ,
- inter sections ,
- inter-section ,
- inter-sections .
- jap .
- nip .
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v.
• bite- chawed on ,
- chawing on ,
- chaws on ,
- take chunk out of ,
- takes a chunk out of ,
- takes chunk out of ,
- taking a chunk out of ,
- taking chunk out of ,
- took a chunk out of ,
- took chunk out of .
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis comfort ,
- dis comforted ,
- dis comforting ,
- dis comforts ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- dis-comfort ,
- dis-comforted ,
- dis-comforting ,
- dis-comforts ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays .
- abbreviate ,
- abridge ,
- bob ,
- compact ,
- concentrate ,
- condense ,
- contract ,
- crop ,
- cull ,
- curtail ,
- decrease ,
- decrement ,
- deflate ,
- deplete ,
- diminish ,
- downgrade ,
- drain ,
- dwindle ,
- erode ,
- lessen ,
- lighten ,
- minimize ,
- pare ,
- prune ,
- reduce ,
- shave ,
- shear ,
- shorten ,
- shrink ,
- taper ,
- trim ,
- truncate ,
- weed .
- hit bottle ,
- in hale ,
- in haled ,
- in hales ,
- in haling ,
- in-hale ,
- in-haled ,
- in-hales ,
- in-haling ,
- liquoring up ,
- liquors up ,
- partaking of ,
- partook of ,
- tosses off ,
- tossing off ,
- tost off ,
- washed down ,
- washes down ,
- washing down ,
- wets whistle ,
- wetted whistle ,
- wetting whistle .
- be numb ,
- be numbed ,
- be numbing ,
- be numbs ,
- be-numb ,
- be-numbed ,
- be-numbing ,
- be-numbs ,
- chill bone ,
- chill the bone ,
- chill to bone ,
- chilled bone ,
- chilled the bone ,
- chilled to bone ,
- chilling bone ,
- chilling the bone ,
- chilling to bone ,
- chilling to the bone ,
- chills bone ,
- chills the bone ,
- chills to bone ,
- chills to the bone ,
- glaciates ,
- glaciating ,
- iced over ,
- iced up ,
- ices over ,
- ices up ,
- icing over ,
- icing up .
- am quick ,
- are quick ,
- art quick ,
- be stir ,
- be stirred ,
- be stirring ,
- be stirs ,
- be-stir ,
- be-stirred ,
- be-stirring ,
- be-stirs ,
- beelined ,
- beelining ,
- being quick ,
- bulleting ,
- gat a move on ,
- gat move on ,
- get move on ,
- gets a move on ,
- gets move on ,
- getting a move on ,
- getting move on ,
- goes like lightning ,
- going like lightning ,
- got move on ,
- gotten a move on ,
- gotten move on ,
- hurrying up ,
- is quick ,
- loses no time ,
- losing no time ,
- lost no time ,
- made short work of ,
- made time ,
- made tracks ,
- makes haste ,
- makes short work of ,
- makes time ,
- makes tracks ,
- making haste ,
- making short work of ,
- making time ,
- making tracks ,
- shake leg ,
- shakes a leg ,
- shakes leg ,
- shaking leg ,
- shook a leg ,
- shook leg ,
- speeds up ,
- step gas ,
- stepped gas ,
- stepped it ,
- stepped on gas ,
- stepped on it ,
- stepping gas ,
- stepping it ,
- stepping on gas ,
- stepping on it ,
- steps gas ,
- steps it ,
- steps on gas ,
- steps on it ,
- turn steam ,
- turned on steam ,
- turned steam ,
- turning on steam ,
- turning steam ,
- turns on steam ,
- turns steam ,
- was quick ,
- wast quick ,
- were quick ,
- wert quick ,
- whished ,
- whishing .
- am sore ,
- am tender ,
- are sore ,
- are tender ,
- art sore ,
- art tender ,
- being sore ,
- being tender ,
- did violence ,
- didst violence ,
- does violence ,
- doest violence ,
- doeth violence ,
- doing violence ,
- dost violence ,
- doth violence ,
- is sore ,
- is tender ,
- was tender ,
- wast sore ,
- wast tender ,
- were sore ,
- were tender ,
- wert sore ,
- wert tender ,
- wracked up ,
- wracking up ,
- wracks up .
- ate like a bird ,
- ate like bird ,
- eat like bird ,
- eating like a bird ,
- eating like bird ,
- eats like a bird ,
- eats like bird ,
- noshed on ,
- noshes on ,
- noshing on .
- abstract ,
- blackmail ,
- burglarize ,
- cop ,
- defraud ,
- embezzle ,
- extort ,
- fleece ,
- grab ,
- haul ,
- heist ,
- hijack ,
- holdup ,
- loot ,
- mug ,
- palm ,
- pilfer ,
- pirate ,
- plunder ,
- poach ,
- rob ,
- rustle ,
- shanghai ,
- shoplift ,
- steal ,
- stickup ,
- swindle ,
- swipe .
- pulled on ,
- pulling on ,
- pulls on ,
- wet one whistle ,
- wet ones whistle ,
- wets one whistle ,
- wets one's whistle ,
- wets ones whistle ,
- wetted one whistle ,
- wetted ones whistle ,
- wetting one whistle ,
- wetting one's whistle ,
- wetting ones whistle .
- accroached ,
- accroaches ,
- carries off ,
- carrying off ,
- hauling in ,
- hauls in ,
- mis appropriate ,
- mis appropriated ,
- mis appropriates ,
- mis appropriating ,
- mis-appropriate ,
- mis-appropriated ,
- mis-appropriates ,
- mis-appropriating ,
- running off with ,
- running with ,
- runs off with ,
- runs with .
Other synonyms:
- press .
- blight ,
- bustle ,
- compression ,
- dart ,
- dig into ,
- dram ,
- exert ,
- flit ,
- highball ,
- hotfoot ,
- pick ,
- rush ,
- scoot ,
- slug ,
- snort ,
- thieve ,
- whisk ,
- zoom .
Other relevant words:
- Barreling ,
- Barrelling ,
- Bestirred ,
- Bestirring ,
- Copped ,
- Cribbed ,
- Cribbing ,
- Fleeted ,
- Furrowing ,
- Gnawing ,
- Hasted ,
- Hasting ,
- Hurries ,
- Make short work of ,
- Pirated ,
- Pirating ,
- Sallied ,
- Sallying ,
- Thieves ,
- Toothing ,
- Vellicating ,
- Wedging ,
- Winging ,
- barreled ,
- barrelled ,
- be quick ,
- be sore ,
- be tender ,
- bend the elbow ,
- bestir ,
- bestirs ,
- bulleted ,
- chaw on ,
- chill to the bone ,
- chilled to the bone ,
- copping ,
- dash ,
- do violence ,
- drink ,
- eat ,
- eaten ,
- eating ,
- filch ,
- freeze ,
- frosted ,
- furrowed ,
- get a move on ,
- glaciate ,
- glaciated ,
- go like lightning ,
- got a move on ,
- held tight ,
- hold tight ,
- holds tight ,
- hurried up ,
- hurries up ,
- hurry ,
- hurry up ,
- hurt ,
- ice over ,
- ice up ,
- lose no time ,
- made haste ,
- make haste ,
- make time ,
- make tracks ,
- maltreat ,
- nibble ,
- plagiarize ,
- pull on ,
- rocket ,
- shake a leg ,
- shaking a leg ,
- smoking ,
- snap ,
- snip ,
- spank ,
- sped up ,
- speed up ,
- speeded up ,
- speeding up ,
- squeeze ,
- step it ,
- step on gas ,
- step on it ,
- take a chunk out of ,
- tasting ,
- toothed ,
- tooths ,
- turn on steam ,
- twitch ,
- vellicate ,
- was sore ,
- went like lightning ,
- wet one's whistle ,
- wetted one's whistle ,
- whacked ,
- whacking ,
- whish ,
- whishes ,
- wrack up .
- Downs ,
- Lapped ,
- Sipped ,
- Swilled ,
- Thirsted ,
- boozing ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- gulp ,
- hit the bottle ,
- liquor up ,
- partake of ,
- partakes of ,
- slosh ,
- slurp ,
- slurped ,
- slurping ,
- slurps ,
- soak up ,
- soaked up ,
- soaking up ,
- soaks up ,
- sup ,
- swilling ,
- toss off ,
- tossed off ,
- wash down ,
- wet whistle .
- swig .
- lift .
- Accroach ,
- accroaching ,
- carried off ,
- carry off ,
- expropriate ,
- haul in ,
- hauled in ,
- ran off with ,
- ran with ,
- run off with ,
- run with ,
- take .
- Frigidness ,
- Kerf ,
- MITTS ,
- PEARLS ,
- Rawness ,
- Scarification ,
- Spoonfuls ,
- aromatics ,
- carvings ,
- chill ,
- chomp ,
- clip ,
- clipping ,
- coldness ,
- cordials ,
- crispness ,
- cut ,
- dewdrop ,
- dewdrops ,
- dosage ,
- dosages ,
- dose ,
- draught ,
- draughts ,
- falls ,
- frigidity ,
- gaff ,
- gaffs ,
- gash ,
- get up and go ,
- glom ,
- gustatory perception ,
- gustatory sensation ,
- iciness ,
- incision ,
- jailings ,
- japanese ,
- kerfs ,
- little bit ,
- low temperature ,
- measure ,
- mitt ,
- mote ,
- nick ,
- nipponese ,
- philter ,
- philters ,
- pick up ,
- pinch ,
- potion ,
- preventive custody ,
- protective custody ,
- rabbet ,
- rabbets ,
- restoratives ,
- run in ,
- scarifications ,
- slot ,
- small indefinite amount ,
- small indefinite quantity ,
- spice ,
- spicery ,
- spiciness ,
- spoonful ,
- spot ,
- tang ,
- taste ,
- taste perception ,
- taste sensation ,
- teardrop ,
- teardrops ,
- thing ,
- tiptop ,
- tooth marks ,
- zest .
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How to use "Nip" in context?
When you think about slang words for "nips" (or "nips off"), you probably think about a quick little pinch or tug on someone's upper lip. But that's only one definition of a "nip." Here are some other definitions:
1. A quick and sly blow on the cheek.
2. A sharp nip at someone's heels to get their attention.
3. A minor annoyance or hurt feelings.
4. A sly reference to sexual promiscuity or a willingness to engage in sexual activity.
5. A quick and light slap on the butt.
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Hyponym for Nip:
n.
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quantity
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity.
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quantity
v.
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contact
bite, seize with teeth, grip.
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contact
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