nips

Noun

nip (plural nips)

1. A playful bite.
   • The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.
2. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
3. Briskly cold weather.
   • There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.
4. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
   • the nip of masses of ice
5. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
6. A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.

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