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nipping

Meaning of nipping

verb
  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.
verb
  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.

Hyphenation of nipping

nip-ping

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 letters.
  • nipping is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

nipping synonyms

Meaning barbed:

barbed, biting, pungent, mordacious

Meaning crisp:

crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy, parky