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    nip


    nipped


    nipping


    nips


    1. He felt a sharp nip and realised that he was being


    2. The piece of tissue on the cut is pulled away with a sharp but brief nip


    3. “Want a nip?” Johnny held out the flask


    4. Being primarily an herbivore himself, Horrifying Hippo would nip and pick on a variety of other plants that aroused his sensorial interest too, even enjoying an occasional side dish of the carcasses of dead animals although by nature he was not carnivorous nor a stalker and hunter like some of the tigers and other big pussycats in his environment


    5. Nip it in the bud, as they say


    6. It was late afternoon and there was a curious nip in the breeze, an icy bite even though they had passed beyond the most brisk snows


    7. “Good that’s champion lad I will nip back and see how you are later but remember you must keep a sharp eye on the area in front of you as we have no idea where then Turks will come from


    8. I got dressed and wandered down the hallway then I had a thought I would nip in and see how Ma was so I started downstairs to the first floor


    9. “I will nip in and see Ma and have a chat with her for a while but I will try not to tire her


    10. However I will nip out after to get something special for your tea tonight so you can all sit down and have slap up feed together

    11. While they're occupied for the next three hours salvaging smashed baubles and fairy lights, nip to the kitchen…


    12. The person who he had been that close had started out as Gordon and would turn into Rita, when the papers came through and he’d had the nip and tuck


    13. Glancing away, she absentmindedly flicked her stubby tail, dislodging the foraging ant that had slipped through the coarse guard hairs to nip at her skin


    14. ‘Excuse me,’ I said hurriedly, and abruptly got off the couch and made my way outside the room into the courtyard, instantly feeling the chill nip at my bones


    15. "I'll nip back ter the graveyard and stick it by the monument


    16. The land they rode by was planted mostly with coffee, but she also saw chayote, bananas, papaya, pineapple and even a chicken farm where a dog came out to nip at the stallion’s hooves


    17. We liked to nip questions in the bud


    18. I had to nip that attitude in the bud


    19. Brendan and Layla were all suited up for the approach, so all he had to do was unbuckle and nip out the airlock


    20. I’d better nip this in the bud, Cara told him

    21. And who is going to nip him? England should, but she won't


    22. WHO is going to nip him? Tell me that, Mr


    23. The best solution to this whining, screaming or whinging behavior is to tackle it immediately, ideally before it establishes itself as an ingrained habit - try to nip it in the bud as they say


    24. “Miss Trevor, we’ll be back in ten minutes, just have to nip out but when we come back you can tell us all that you know, ok?”


    25. I stuck my hand out, all while transforming into my real form, hurling him across the floor where he skid a few meters behind before I pounced on him, my fangs ready to nip at his neck


    26. No future is better than a future in a house full of strife and conflict, nip the problem in the bud before it brings the whole house to ruin


    27. We will have a better chance to contain it, hopefully to nip it in the bud completely, and thus prevent the outbreak of full-scale warfare


    28. way to nip gullibility in the bud


    29. Those psychotic little Nip bastards


    30. nip when it happened, almost at the point of ejaculation as he was and

    31. I'm sorry to wake you, but I want you," he said huskily and started to kiss and nip at my neck without waiting for my reply


    32. It was thus that, the vested interests of the West managed to nip in the bud the genuine Indian novel in English, and averted its challenge to their commercial writing


    33. He theorized that the corrupt, by waylaying the children of the poor at school, contrived to nip in the bud the challenge of the have-nots


    34. Squirrel Girl was no sooner settled than she felt a sharp nip at her hindquarters, followed by a loud "SQUAWK!" and her own "CHAWK" of pain


    35. best champagne in the place, nip to the gents and


    36. She takes a nip from her coffee


    37. I can barely concentrate because my thoughts go to how I can nip all of this in the bud before there’s really an operation going on


    38. For those of you who enjoy a little nip here and there,


    39. Walter poured a small nip and offered the bottle to his friend, but Sturgiss shook his head


    40. Something has to give and it usually does! This should be the last time that this shit goes down! I have to get on top of it and nip it in the bud before it kills me! This shit would not………

    41. He popped up his head and felt a bullet nip his cheek


    42. you nip up there and ask around


    43. something which could lead to an accidental but still very painful nip


    44. I told him tweren’t nothing wrong with having a wee nip every now and then and that it ain’t none of his business what goes on in my church and all—him being a foot-washing Baptist, you know


    45. ruse, but he had to try to nip the nosiness in the bud


    46. This was easier, because rather than trying to escape his grasping hand, the dogs leapt forward and took a nip at his fingers


    47. Nip it in the bud


    48. The wintry nip in the air sets me to shivering


    49. “It will take twenty thousand for me to try and nip this in the bud


    50. The sun was still warm on the skin; even though, the air held a nip that bit at the nose every time we passed through the shadows of the towering pines












































    1. As I remember I’d just done the brakes on the old Austin, had nipped inside to


    2. By the first of October, the chill was more than in the air, it hung in every conversation they had, and nipped at her nose when they didn't agree, but to keep peace she brushed off the frost, and allowed him to do as he pleased


    3. about was nipped in the bud


    4. She saw that it had nipped the corner of his chiton, pinning him to the cabin’s wall


    5. The techniques of which, including water boarding (which is not torture) are anathema to liberals but, truth be told, have given us the information required to have nipped many planned terrorist attacks in the bud


    6. Bending over the mouse he deftly nipped the ears off


    7. Closing his eyes, he nipped his skin with his front teeth, just in case he was hallucinating, but when he opened his eyes again his fur was still a pure white colour


    8. "You're bloody joking! You don't really expect me to wear this, do you?" But before I had the chance to protest further, he had nipped around behind me and pulled the jerkin up my arms


    9. A flunky nipped into the breach, whispering into the ear of the Emperor


    10. Once Maggie had explained their plans, Dorothy nipped home to get the spare key she held for Tommy’s house

    11. "Yes, if he isn't nipped in the bud he's going to make trouble


    12. But if their conversation or choice of duets ever betrayed the least tendency to what Ellen considered philandering, Ellen promptly nipped that tendency in the bud and blotted Rosemary out for the rest of the evening


    13. The familiar voice made her excited as she playfully nipped his hand and he pulled away, “Oooooh big man, now I’m scared, whatever will become of me?”


    14. I’m a fresh sort of guy” he nipped back


    15. "It is painfully clear the RCMP could have nipped this in the bud back in


    16. Gauging our approach, we nipped into line ahead of a larger craft coming from the west


    17. He turned and nipped her gently on her neck; she nuzzled his fur


    18. Sam wanted to reach out and touch one, but the hawk nipped at his hands


    19. Bullets whistled and nipped at the sandbags


    20. I nipped his bottom lip before placing my mouth back on his

    21. A gufder leapt up at Joey and nipped at his shirt


    22. A gufder leapt on top of Redbolt and nipped at Joey’s head


    23. “You put me in the blasted toilet!” Donnowarru said, sending another burst that nipped the flesh on Dunit’s shoulder


    24. with my eyebrows and we both nipped into the school that way


    25. Already, our forces have nipped in the bud one of the centers of this rebellion, Mars, and have captured a number of traitors in the process


    26. and nipped at the end of his nose with her small sharp teeth


    27. As we dug into our grub, Bob Barker playfully nipped at the old man’s shoelaces


    28. She nipped him playfully


    29. One of the wolves nipped the one which was talking, eliciting a howl of


    30. He found himself nipped and unable to respond, all he could do was frown for the moment

    31. We threw pinecones into Cook’s concoctions from trees and bushes; and while she fished them out, yelling at Peach, her bleary-eyed slut of a scullion, we nipped in and out with stolen bread and beans


    32. Calragen untied his sorrel from her tree, and the four of us nipped around filching supplies


    33. ‘Sandhya’s ardency should’ve nipped his passion for me in the bud


    34. So, the ruler commanded to kill him the moment that he would be arrested because, if they did not do that at once the people and the masses would stage a stern and crushing revolution, while if they were put before an accomplished fact that he had been murdered and his matter ended, the sedition would be nipped in the bud


    35. He stopped by Robbie’s house on the way back and waited while his friend nipped inside to fetch the sludge


    36. Without another word, Abigail spread her wings, buzzed into the air, and nipped around behind him


    37. He nipped at the sensitive tips and she gasped


    38. You yourself once lopped off a most luxuriant growth that was, I agree, best away, and now these buds of friendship, of easier circumstances, are going to be nipped off too, and when they are gone what will be left, I wonder, but the uncompromising and the rugged? Is it possible I am so base as to be envious? In spite of my real pleasure I can't shut out certain wistfulness, a certain little pang, and exactly what kind of wistfulness it is and exactly what kind of pang I don't well know unless it is envy


    39. I wanted to continue feeding, but Desiree’ nipped that thought in the bud


    40. The most severe frost that ever nipped the hopes of a year is better to my thinking than having to listen to one malignant truth or lie, and I would rather have a mole busy burrowing tunnels under each of my rose trees and letting the air get at their roots than face a single greeting where no kindness is

    41. It was cool, however, and certainly invigorating as the chilly spring breeze nipped at our noses and ruffled the ribbons on our hats


    42. One of the large birds advanced to Herb’s bloody leg and nipped at it with its large and sharp beak


    43. But the bird was not repulsed by the sound and nipped at the wound again


    44. He nipped the tender skin under my ear and then stroked it with his tongue


    45. A small Pictish arrow was sticking out of my leg; it had only just nipped through the flesh, though stopped by the cuff on my thick leather buskins


    46. Because human civilization has become regressively worse and more corrupt: love is nipped in the bud before it can grow: just like all the zillions of blades of grass are cut short by civilized machines before they can grow tall and healthy and wild and passionate and strong


    47. But this entire process is nipped in the bud and aborted by the public censure of all emotionality


    48. Bastard, he's nipped her


    49. Damien nipped her on the shoulder with his lips


    50. The heku with the other panicked horse did the same, but only got nipped




















    1. They took pride in their home and without the expense of youngsters nipping at their heels they were able to fill their lives with activities designed to displace their mutual sense of loss and longing


    2. without the expense of youngsters nipping at their heels they were


    3. Aspen lifted herself up on her toes, nipping his lower lip between her teeth, sending a jolt of hot, liquid lust straight to his loins


    4. They loved to climb on and over him, tumbling around on him in play and nipping at his tail with their milk teeth, and to nap on top of his stretched out body


    5. should’ve had, their nipping cans biting


    6. Christmas," and hurried homeward through the cold and nipping air


    7. His lips were soft and hard at once, kissing, sucking, nipping my skin until it was hot and flushed and I swayed with every caress


    8. Even as she tried to debate the issue in her mind, or what remained of her mind, he stripped her nude and they were on the floor, and she wantonly pressed against him, fiercely, in the most unmaidenly fashion, pulling him to her, lifting her mouth once more to his, claiming his mouth with hers, biting his lower lip, nipping him, kissing his face, his neck, all common sense gone to the four winds


    9. Nipping at his legs, they sank their teeth into his sinewy shins, anchoring him in position


    10. Puppy biting or nipping starts out as a bit of fun, but needs to be controlled quickly to avoid ongoing problems

    11. “That photograph is one of my most cherished possessions,” he said, gently nipping her ear before his lips trailed down the side of her neck


    12. "His brother? Have you been nipping on something? He has no brother, nothing, not even a cousin


    13. The tide was closing in, chill nipping at her ankles, but Dancing Light would not move


    14. He climbed the long ladder, the doctor’s voice and its vile promises nipping at his heels on every rung


    15. ” Zayn told her while brushing the hair out of her eyes, playfully nipping at her jaw


    16. Stewart was about to explain to Jane and her fighters the situation, Oscar attacked him, snarling and nipping at his face


    17. Training your puppy to stop nipping and biting is important, since he can grow a full set of teeth soon


    18. As soon as the men went back inside the shack, the pups were all over the mother, chasing each other, rolling over her back, and even nipping her tail, as she all the while was trying to talk some sense into them


    19. ” Billy said sliding his arms around her waist and nipping on her ear


    20. Should we think about nipping this thing in the bud? One call to Arizona would end it all

    21. His teeth nipping at her pulse as he kissed his way down the side of her neck, all the while his magical fingers creating pools of desire as her womb clenched and throbbed, aching to feel him inside her


    22. The pearl-colored teeth latched onto one of Cloud's ear lobes, nipping at it in a very sensual manner


    23. A swarm of bullets penetrated the house almost nipping


    24. Remember what Joe said about a gar nipping someone’s toes near the base of that spillway?”


    25. He told me our future was in danger, not from the unstable countries nipping our heels, but from within


    26. The look pummeled into the entire prosecution team explained the sudden chill nipping his flesh


    27. Behind a cabinet of doves I found the black one sitting in his cage, nipping at his tail


    28. When he felt the pulpy lips of her sex become slick to his touch, he followed the same route that his fingers had taken but now with his nipping and laving lips


    29. I was tempted by the idea of nipping up the stairs to the flat to see you, to say good


    30. The heat from the vents did feel better than the nipping of the cold

    31. When Marcus was sure I was under his spell, he moved his mouth to my twin peaks, sucking and nibbling, nipping with his sharp teeth, moving their stiff rosiness back and forth with his tongue


    32. Jealousy was nipping at my heart


    33. She wears the same face among the roses of June that she does in the nipping winds of March


    34. He knew he’d found what they were searching for, and jumped up, excitedly nipping at the container, knocking it out of Stacey’s hand


    35. them with fish larger than them but watch out for the larger fish nipping at the rays of this fish


    36. they've witnessed them nipping corals


    37. may also be caused by fin nipping coupled with poor water quality


    38. Nevertheless I was quite interested in the bits of pickpocket argot that floated across to us, expressions like "crossing the mit," "nipping a slang," a "mouthpiece," "making a holler" and innumerable other choice bits as unintelligible to me as "Beowulf


    39. What had she said, Lucy hurriedly asked herself, nipping over her last words in her mind, for she had learned by now what he looked like when he was hurt


    40. The group of ponies grazed in the open, leisurely nipping the grass and grinding it to mulch with their strong teeth as they plodded methodically towards the huge tree at the edge of the bank above the river

    41. She was sitting alone, all lost, in a pub here in Montreux, nipping at a drink, feeling out of place but nevertheless desperately waiting for something to happen


    42. Then his mouth returned to my nipples, nipping and sucking, causing hot currents all the way down to my clit


    43. She stepped outside into the morning air, the breeze nipping at her bare neck, though it shouldn't have existed while August had just come to a close


    44. The reason why they can’t find an answer to why the other person left is because after committing their crimes: after imprinting negative thoughts and feelings into only one of a couple in love… these sneaky, filthy hiding rotten dead scum leave, they disappear from the scene of the crime: their evil filthy deed is done: they don’t have to hang around; they have successfully poisoned another romance, another budding love, nipping it in the earliest stages of its growth


    45. This bitch was like a lap dog nipping at the heels of my feet


    46. Chevalier grabbed Emily without warning and threw her over his shoulder, nipping at her side playfully


    47. The other guard had gone outside after Ingrid's reappearance; now he came back in, nipping off whatever retort the seamstress would have cast


    48. She held on and pulled him closer, tasting his mouth, nipping at his bottom lip


    49. Soon the horse is nipping at


    50. The great novelist George Meredith, who hated priggishness in all its forms, said in a letter: "I have written always with the perception that there is no life but of the spirit; that the concrete is really the shadowy; yet that the way to spiritual life lies in the complete unfolding of the creature, not in the nipping of his passions












    1. … she nips over and takes a package I’ve not seen before from round the back of the tree


    2. Bex puts the house phone back on its cradle and nips out into the back garden


    3. Carl had already had a few nips off the flask on their journey north


    4. He drops his large, slobbering tongue onto her face and sprawls out over her, Wafer nips at her ears


    5. To achieve that, you need to let him know that it is not a pleasant experience whenever he nips on your hands, by reacting adequately such as saying something that indicates pain


    6. ’ Jabar sighs and nips from his tea


    7. He parks up, nips into the house then straight out again having taken something, then back in his car and off


    8. The CWC nips at the herded animals


    9. There was token resistance from the NIPS Chief Constable


    10. A cold wind of trial, and unexpected frost of affliction, nips them and cuts them down

    11. The thought, "What will my friends say or think of me?" nips many a good inclination in the bud


    12. with kisses to lips, nips on rigid nipples, all the while


    13. A hand is exposed to their nicks, the rapacious nips


    14. One moment I'm in control of the kiss and considering deepening it, then she's got me pinned to the mats when she gently nips my bottom lip with her teeth


    15. He laughs and nips my ear with his teeth


    16. This is what Diondra did, she baited you, nips and bites here and there til you were half crazy, and then she was all, “Why are you so upset?”


    17. "We depend upon the Nips for food


    18. "The Nips paid, but they don't know it


    19. "I'll try if I can get the Nips to


    20. Harman said quietly to Jean, "We'll h ave to let the bloody Nips eat all they can and carry away a bit

    21. "I had to let the bloody Nips have most of it


    22. "You can run rings round these Nips when you learn how


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    Synonyms for "nip"

    nip pinch piquance piquancy piquantness tang tanginess zest chilliness coolness flavor flavour relish sapidity savor savour smack jap shot clip nip off snip snip off squeeze tweet twinge twitch bite crispness sharpness morsel nibble catch bit swig swallow drink swill snap munch chomp crop trim shear prune stop check arrest halt curb suppress

    "nip" definitions

    a small drink of liquor


    (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent


    the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth


    the property of being moderately cold


    a tart spicy quality


    a small sharp bite or snip


    squeeze tightly between the fingers


    give a small sharp bite to


    sever or remove by pinching or snipping