nipping

1. To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
3. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
4. To annoy, as by nipping.
5. To taunt.
6. To squeeze or pinch.
7. To steal; especially to cut a purse.

1. To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

   Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?

noun

The act or sensation of giving a nip.