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- a group of campers waking up to the nipping air of a Rocky Mountain morning
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- better wear a windbreaker if you're going sailing in this nipping wind
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of nipping (Entry 2 of 2)
- I'm just going to nip these hedges, and then I'll be done with the work outside
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- the puppy nipped her hand while playing
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- that guy nipped my wallet from the restaurant table when I turned away
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- appropriating,
- boosting
- [slang],
- filching,
- heisting,
- hooking,
- lifting,
- misappropriating,
- nicking
- [British slang],
- pilfering,
- pinching,
- pocketing,
- purloining,
- ripping off,
- snitching,
- stealing,
- swiping,
- thieving
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- carjacking,
- hijacking
- (also highjacking)
- abducting,
- kidnapping
- (also kidnaping),
- shanghaiing,
- spiriting
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- I'll just nip off to the corner store for some milk
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- barreling
- (or barrelling),
- belting,
- blasting,
- blazing,
- blowing,
- bolting,
- bombing
- [slang],
- bowling,
- breezing,
- bundling,
- bustling,
- buzzing,
- cannonballing,
- careening,
- careering,
- chasing,
- coursing,
- cracking (on),
- dashing,
- driving,
- flying,
- haring,
- hastening,
- highballing,
- hotfooting (it),
- humping,
- hurling,
- hurrying,
- hurtling,
- hustling,
- hying
- (or hieing),
- jetting,
- jumping,
- motoring,
- pelting,
- racing,
- ramming,
- ripping,
- rocketing,
- running,
- rushing,
- rustling,
- scooting,
- scurrying,
- scuttling,
- shooting,
- speeding,
- stepping,
- tearing,
- traveling
- (or travelling),
- trotting,
- whirling,
- whisking,
- zipping,
- zooming
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The first known use of nipping was in 1547
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