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nip and tuck

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuckadjective

    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

    "some actresses have more than one face lift"

  2. neck and neck, head-to-head, nip and tuckadverb

    inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition

    "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair"

  3. neck and neck, head-to-head, nip and tuckadverb

    even or close in a race or competition or comparison

    "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"

Wiktionary

  1. nip and tucknoun

    minor cosmetic surgery that tightens loose skin

  2. nip and tuckadjective

    so evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain

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  1. nip and tuck

    "Nip and tuck" is an English idiom which can have different interpretations based on the context it is used in. 1) In its most general sense, it refers to a close competition or fight where the competitors are so evenly matched that the outcome is uncertain or fluctuant. It is often used to describe sports events, races, or any situation where two or more parties are vying for the same goal. 2) In the context of plastic surgery, 'nip and tuck' refers to minor surgical procedures intended to alter or enhance one's physical appearance. It implies the cutting (tuck) and reshaping/tightening (nip) often associated with these procedures. 3) In sewing, 'nip and tuck' is a phrase used to describe a minor adjustment made to improve the fit or appearance of a garment.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nip and tuck in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nip and tuck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of nip and tuck in a Sentence

  1. Joel Benenson:

    We always said there would be a tight race in New Hampshire, we see this race as kind of where we expected it to be, nip and tuck all the way to the primary.

  2. Terry McAuliffe:

    We had Donald Trump here for four years. He drove Democratic turnout, donald Trump is not president anymore. ... It's going to be very close. It's going to be nip and tuck. This is going to be a battle. ... You bet it's going to be close.

  3. Larry Sabato:

    It is hurting McAuliffe, there is just no question about it, my sense of it is if they can get some reasonable compromise passed into law... this would stabilize both Joe Biden and McAuliffe. And if it collapses, I think it will be a nip and tuck race and the momentum would be more with Youngkin than McAuliffe.


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  • lifting, ritidectomia, testa a testaItalian
  • knijpen en plooienDutch
  • вро́вень, [[подтя́жка]] [[кожа, [[плечо, [[ноздря́]] [[в]] [[ноздря, лифтингRussian

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