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in the nip

UK/ɪn ðə ˈnɪp/

in the nip prepositional phrase: nude.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Ireland, UK, idiomatic, informal) Nude.
    • The streaker ran across the playing field in the nip.
    • Father Dougal: Those women were in the nip!1998, Graham Linehan & al., "Speed 3", Father Ted Series 3, Episode 3, Channel Four
    Synonyms:
    in the nick

in the nip meaning in Bengali

in the nip in Bengali

নগ্ন

Synonyms of in the nip

Questions about in the nip

What does in the nip mean?
In the nip means nude.
What is in the nip in Bengali?
In the nip in Bengali is নগ্ন. See In the nip meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is in the nip?
In the nip is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce in the nip?
In the nip is pronounced /ɪn ðə ˈnɪp/ (UK).

Words near in the nip in the dictionary

  1. in the near future
  2. in the neighborhood of
  3. in the neighbourhood of
  4. in the nick
  5. in the nick of time
  6. in the nip
  7. in the nuddie
  8. in the nuddy
  9. in the nude
  10. in the offing
  11. in the old times

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the nip (page history and authors); in the nip (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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