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nip in the butt

nip in the butt verb: eggcorn of nip in the bud.

Verb

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

  1. Eggcorn of nip in the bud.

Forms of nip in the butt

third-person singular presentnips in the butt
present participlenipping in the butt
past participlenipped in the butt
pastnipped in the butt

Questions about nip in the butt

What does nip in the butt mean?
Nip in the butt means eggcorn of nip in the bud.
What part of speech is nip in the butt?
Nip in the butt is a verb.
What is the past tense of nip in the butt?
The past tense of nip in the butt is nipped in the butt.

Words near nip in the butt in the dictionary

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

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