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Verb nip has 3 senses
- pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch - squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
--1 is one way to grip
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- nip - give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgies always nip at her staff's ankles"
--2 is one way to bite, seize with teeth
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
--3 is one way to cut
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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