What does nipping mean?

Definitions for nipping
ˈnɪp ɪŋnip·ping

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordaciousadjective

    capable of wounding

    "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

  2. crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappyadjective

    pleasantly cold and invigorating

    "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"

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  1. nipping

    Nipping generally refers to lightly biting or pinching something, often with a quick or sudden motion. It can also mean to cut something short, stop something in progress, or suppress.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nipping

    of Nip

  2. Nippingadjective

    biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nipping in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nipping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of nipping in a Sentence

  1. Henrik Stenson:

    He was nipping every ball so perfectly and playing great bunker shots and everything, i said that to someone,' I think he's going to have a good week,' and he ended up winning.

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