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Meanings of
nipping
in anglès
Pleasantly cold and invigorating.
crisp
frosty
snappy
nippy
parky
Related terms
cold
Capable of wounding.
biting
barbed
pungent
mordacious
Related terms
sarcastic
Usage of
nipping
in anglès
1
The spaniel flew at the black dog;
nipping
at the plodding forepaws.
2
That's the Emperor's strategy-tokeep his foes busy
nipping
at one another.
3
All day the sun scorched her, but the night was
nipping
cold.
4
She bent and cracked from stem to stern among the
nipping
masses.
5
The worries that were
nipping
at his heels earlier returned with reinforcements.
6
The
nipping
of the victim's toes and finger-tips testified powerfully to that.
7
But Hillary is having trouble with her
nipping
and jumping on me.
8
Even Greft had begun to weary of Jerd's constant
nipping
at him.
9
The fiend gout racked his big toes, stabbing, burning, and
nipping
them.
10
The wolf sprinted behind them,
nipping
at their legs as they went.
11
Johnny Chuck ran after him,
nipping
Reddy's heels every minute or two.
12
The dogs yelped and growled, tussling for attention and
nipping
his fingers.
13
Salt tears welled, spilling down her cheeks,
nipping
at her cut lips.
14
She charged again,
nipping
the smaller cow on the nose, drawing blood.
15
The air is
nipping
enough to choke sentiment in the bud.
16
National MP Judith Collins is
nipping
at Mr Bridges' heels on 5 percent.
Other examples for "nipping"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
nipping
Noun
Singular
nip
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
nip at
nip air
nip cold
nip frost
nip wind
More collocations
Nipping
through the time
Nipping
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common