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nippings

nippings is the plural of nipping.

Meaning of nipping

Noun

nipping (plural nippings)

  1. The act or sensation of giving a nip.
    • Being, however, satisfied as to the position, I withdrew my hand, the pains still growing less frequent and weaker, but she lamented greatly the nippings and pinchings in her belly, which rather increased as the true labour pains decreased.1789, Memoirs of the Medical Society of London

Questions about nippings

What is nippings the plural of?
Nippings is the plural of nipping.

Words near nippings in the dictionary

  1. nipping
  2. nipping at
  3. nipping in the bud
  4. nipping in the butt
  5. nippingly
  6. nippings
  7. nippit
  8. nippitate
  9. nippitato
  10. nippitatum
  11. nippitatums

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