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nip at

nip at verb: to bite or pinch with small actions.

Verb

nip at (third-person singular simple present nips at, present participle nipping at, simple past and past participle nipped at)

  1. To bite or pinch with small actions.
  2. To be cold; to be bitingly cold.
  3. (idiomatic) To sip a drink (usually alcoholic) in small amounts.

nip at meaning in Bengali

nip at in Bengali

প্রচণ্ড ঠাণ্ডা হওয়া

Forms of nip at

third-person singular presentnips at
present participlenipping at
past participlenipped at
pastnipped at

Questions about nip at

What does nip at mean?
Nip at means to bite or pinch with small actions.
What is nip at in Bengali?
Nip at in Bengali is প্রচণ্ড ঠাণ্ডা হওয়া. See Nip at meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is nip at?
Nip at is a verb.
What is the past tense of nip at?
The past tense of nip at is nipped at.

Words near nip at in the dictionary

  1. niosome
  2. niosomes
  3. nip
  4. nip and tuck
  5. nip and tucks
  6. nip at
  7. nip in the bud
  8. nip in the butt
  9. nip nop
  10. nip nops
  11. nip point

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