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NIP initialism National Immunization Program (US) *Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for NIP* for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

Nip noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section) (highly offensive, racial slur) A Japanese person *Etymology:* English; Nippon *Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for Nip* for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.
nip noun A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor. "I'll just take a of that cake." "He had a of whiskey." verb (nip, p, ing) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. quotations: "May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell, Down, down, and close again, and me flat, If I be such a traitress." — Tennyson To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. quotations: "The small shoots ... must be nipped off." — Mortimer. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. quotations: "And sharp remorse his heart did prick and ." — Spenser *Translations:* *Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for nip* for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

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