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nippit

nippit adjective: tight-fitting.

Adjective

nippit (comparative more nippit, superlative most nippit)

  1. (Ulster) tight-fitting

Forms of nippit

comparativemore nippit
superlativemost nippit

Origin of nippit

From Scots nip (“to pinch”).

Questions about nippit

What does nippit mean?
Nippit means tight-fitting.
What part of speech is nippit?
Nippit is an adjective.

Words near nippit in the dictionary

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

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