The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nip \Nip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nipped, less properly Nipt; p. pr. & vb. n. Nipping.] [OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off, nip, Lith. knebti.]
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To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat, If I be such a traitress.
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To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
The small shoots . . . must be nipped off.
--Mortimer. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
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To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.
--Spenser.To nip in the bud, to cut off at the very commencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage.
Wiktionary
vb. (context archaic English) (en-past of: nip)
Wikipedia
NIPT may refer to:
- Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing
- National Induction Panel for Teachers
Usage examples of "nipt".
No craggy nor rockie places, nipt and blasted with sharpe windes, nor burnt with an vntemperate hotte Sunne, but vnder a sweet and pleasant temperature, in a moderate meane reioycing, betwixt two extreemes, the fields fruitful and without tillage and manuring, yeelding all commodities, warme hilles, greene woods and sweet coole shadowes.
The nurse, well skilled in the mysteries of her occupation, persuades the patient, that her malady, far from being slight or chimerical, may proceed to a very dangerous degree of the hysterical affection, unless it be nipt in the bud by some very effectual remedy.
When blood is nipt, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl Tuwhoo!