Crossword clues for nip and tuck
nip and tuck
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nip \Nip\, n.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
--Latimer.-
(Naut.) A short turn in a rope.
Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest; as, it was nip and tuck right to the last minute of play.
Wiktionary
a. (context idiomatic English) so evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain adv. 1 With the advantage changing hands. 2 (context dated English) With perceived advantage shifting back and forth among the available alternatives. alt. (context idiomatic English) so evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain n. minor cosmetic surgery that tightens loose skin
WordNet
adj. inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition; "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair" [syn: neck and neck, head-to-head]
n. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift" [syn: face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty]
adv. even or close in a race or competition or comparison; "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck" [syn: neck and neck, head-to-head]
Wikipedia
Nip and tuck may refer to:
- Nip and tuck (cosmetic surgery), colloquialism for rhytidectomy, a cosmetic surgery to smooth facial wrinkles
- Nip and Tuck, Kentucky, former name of Artemus, a census-designated place in the U.S. state of Kentucky
- Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), American television drama series created by Ryan Murphy
Usage examples of "nip and tuck".
He considered using a portion of his imagined advance for the book for a little nip and tuck, and a regenerative stay in some posh spa.
Then it was head down and heels in, nip and tuck for our lives through the Zulu-infested night with the fiends howling at our heels, and suddenly Moran was yelling and making for a burning building dead ahead, with all hell breaking loose around it, Zulus by the hundred and shots blazing, and there was nothing for it but to follow as he went careering through scrub and bushes, putting his beast to a stone wall, and then a barricade where black bodies and red coats were hacking and slashing in the fire-glare, bayonet against assegai, and my screw took the wall but baulked .
Say, we're going to have it nip and tuck here to save the village.
March when most of the snow had gone and Nip and Tuck had returned.
This morning, when my mother mentioned she wanted to have a little nip and tuck, I tried to convince her she didn't need it.
I dare say Surprise could do so on her own, though it might be nip and tuck.