nip : Idioms & Phrases

• noun plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
  face lift; lift; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty; facelift; face lifting; cosmetic surgery.
  
  • some actresses have more than one face lift
• adjective satellite inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
  neck and neck; head-to-head.
  
  • as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
  • the election was a nip and tuck affair
• adverb even or close in a race or competition or comparison
  neck and neck; head-to-head.
  
  • the horses ran neck and neck
  • he won nip and tuck

WordNet

• a phrase signifying equality in a contest. Low, U.S.

Webster 1913

• verb sever or remove by pinching or snipping
  snip; nip; snip off; clip.
  
  • nip off the flowers

WordNet

• to cut off at the verycommencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage.

Webster 1913