Nip
- 1.
- (COLLOQUIAL) Take a nip of whiskey មួយចៀប
noun
- 1.
- (A pinch, a check to growth sharp coldness of weather, a sip, small drop of liquid. nip and tuck very close, as a race. -nip and tuck very close) dog gave him a nip ការខាំច្បិចៗ
Example: The puppy gave Baby a nip when she pulled its tail, Along came a blackbird and nipped off her nose, The heavy frost nipped our flowers.There's a nip in the air ដំណើរត្រជាក់ស្រឹប
verb — past tense: nipped ; past participle: nipped ; present participle: nipping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To pinch sharply, detach by pinching check growth [of plants] thus) កៀប, ចឹប, ស្នាមខាំ, ចាក់, ចោះ, ដាច់, ឲ្យសឹក, ដោត nip of a bud ក្ដិច (យកចេញ), dogs nip ខាំបន្ដិចៗ ច្បិចៗ, liquor ចៀប
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
- 2.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
- 3.
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- 4.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- 5.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- 6.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- 7.
- A short turn in a rope.
verb — past tense: nipped ; past participle: nipped ; present participle: nipping ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.