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nipped in the butt

nipped in the butt is the simple past and past participle of nip in the butt.

Meaning of nip in the butt

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.

Questions about nipped in the butt

What is nipped in the butt the simple past and past participle of?
Nipped in the butt is the simple past and past participle of nip in the butt.

Words near nipped in the butt in the dictionary

  1. Nipp
  2. nippage
  3. nipped
  4. nipped at
  5. nipped in the bud
  6. nipped in the butt
  7. nipper
  8. Nipper's Harbour
  9. nippered
  10. nippering
  11. nipperkin

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