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gnip

gnip verb: to nip, bite; to champ at the bit.

Verb

gnip (third-person singular simple present gnips, present participle gnipping, simple past and past participle gnipped)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) To nip, bite; to champ at the bit

Forms of gnip

third-person singular presentgnips
present participlegnipping
past participlegnipped
pastgnipped
alternative form (obsolete)gnyp

Origin of gnip

Origin obscure. Perhaps an alteration of knip (“to bite, crop, nip”).

Questions about gnip

What does gnip mean?
Gnip means to nip, bite; to champ at the bit.
What part of speech is gnip?
Gnip is a verb.
What is the past tense of gnip?
The past tense of gnip is gnipped.

Words near gnip in the dictionary

  1. gnidimacrin
  2. Gniew
  3. Gniezno
  4. Gnihing
  5. Gnin
  6. gnip
  7. GNIS
  8. gnisrap
  9. gnit
  10. gnits
  11. Gnjilane

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