nipping Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb squeeze tightly between the fingers
    twitch; pinch; tweet; twinge; nip; squeeze.
    • He pinched her behind
    • She squeezed the bottle
  2. verb give a small sharp bite to
    nip.
    • The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles
  3. verb sever or remove by pinching or snipping
    snip; nip; nip off; snip off; clip.
    • nip off the flowers
  4. adjective satellite capable of wounding
    biting; barbed; pungent; mordacious.
    • a barbed compliment
    • a biting aphorism
    • pungent satire
  5. adjective satellite pleasantly cold and invigorating
    snappy; crisp; frosty; nippy.
    • crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
    • a nipping wind
    • a nippy fall day
    • snappy weather

WordNet


Nip"ping adjective
Definitions
  1. Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.

Webster 1913