Meaning Of Nip

n.

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
v. t.

To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
v. t.

To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
v. t.

Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
v. t.

To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
n.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
n.

A pinch with the nails or teeth.
n.

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
n.

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
n.

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
n.

A short turn in a rope.