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is usually retained before pronouns.) •Let me nip a few blossoms off the rosebush.
•I nipped off a few blossoms and made a bouquet.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
nip something off — CUT, snip, trim, clip, prune, lop, dock, crop; remove, take off. → nip * * * ˌnip sthˈoff derived to remove a part of sth with your finger or with a tool Main entry: ↑nipderived … Useful english dictionary
nip something off — remove something by pinching or squeezing sharply. → nip … English new terms dictionary
nip off — verb sever or remove by pinching or snipping nip off the flowers • Syn: ↑nip, ↑clip, ↑snip, ↑snip off • Derivationally related forms: ↑snip (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nip — {{11}}nip (n.1) small measure of spirits, 1796, shortening of nipperkin (1670s) quantity of liquor of a half pint or less, possibly of Dutch or Low German origin and related to nip (v.). Reinforced by nip (n.2) on notion of fragment or bit… … Etymology dictionary
nip — nip1 verb (nips, nipping, nipped) 1》 pinch, squeeze, or bite sharply. ↘(nip something off) remove something by pinching or squeezing sharply. 2》 (of the cold or frost) cause pain or harm to. 3》 Brit. informal go quickly. 4》 US informal steal… … English new terms dictionary
nip — nip1 [nıp] v past tense and past participle nipped present participle nipping [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Low German; Origin: nipen] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] BrE informal to go somewhere quickly or for a short time = ↑pop ▪ Have we time … Dictionary of contemporary English
nip — I. /nɪp / (say nip) verb (nipped, nipping) –verb (t) 1. to compress sharply between two surfaces or points; pinch or bite. 2. to affect sharply and painfully or injuriously, as cold does. 3. Nautical to secure (a rope) by holding it with a… …
Nip / Tuck: Original TV Soundtrack — The soundtrack CD of the Emmy and Golden Globe award winning American television medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks called Nip/Tuck is mixed by the DJ duo Gabriel Dresden and the collaborations of other artists.=Nip/Tuck … Wikipedia
nip — 1. noun /nɪp/ a) A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor. I’ll just take a nip of that cake. b) A nipple, usually of a woman. He had a nip of whiskey. Syn … Wiktionary
nip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. nibble, bite; cut, snip, pinch, chip, shorten; sip. n. pinch, bite; sip; chill. See deduction, disjunction, contraction, cold, stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nibble, morsel, catch; see bite 1 ,… … English dictionary for students
List of Nip/Tuck characters — This is a list of characters in the American television medical drama series Nip/Tuck. For full character details and histories, see the articles for each character. Contents 1 Main characters 2 Major characters 3 Primary antagonists (Villians) … Wikipedia
