nip

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
2. verb To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
3. verb To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
4. verb To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
5. verb To annoy, as by nipping.
6. verb To taunt.
7. verb To squeeze or pinch.
8. verb To steal; especially to cut a purse.

Similar words

sip zest piquance piquancy tang tanginess snip pinch squeeze twinge

Often followed by

in of the and at it off this out

Word family

nipped nipping nips