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nipless

nipless adjective: with a nip or nips (in various senses).

Adjective

nipless (not comparable)

  1. With a nip or nips (in various senses).
    • [A]ll of these series of springs were built with leaves that were practically "nipless".1918, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 185, Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute, page 491
    • Just to spite himself, he stowed the bottle away in his bag and went nipless to bed.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 16

Origin of nipless

From nip + -less.

Questions about nipless

What does nipless mean?
Nipless means with a nip or nips (in various senses).
What part of speech is nipless?
Nipless is an adjective.

Words near nipless in the dictionary

  1. Nipkow
  2. Nipkow disc
  3. Nipkow discs
  4. Nipkow disk
  5. Nipkow disks
  6. nipless
  7. Nipmuc
  8. Nipmuck
  9. Nipmucks
  10. Nipmucs
  11. nipocalimab

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