Synonyms of nips

nips 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of nip

as in splashes

a very small amount

I'll have just a nip of your sandwich

Synonyms & Similar Words

• splashes
• touches
• glimmers
• licks
• little
• specks
• hints
• sprinklings
• bits
• dabs
• bites
• traces
• sparks
• pinches
• shadows
• smacks
• handfuls
• particles
• ounces
• rays
• shreds
• crumbs
• streaks
• slivers
• peanuts
• flecks
• shades
• drops
• driblets
• snaps
• spots
• drams
• smells
• spatters
• mites
• soupçons
• suspicions
• scruples
• dashes
• aces
• smidgens
• strains
• skoshes
• nibbles
• drops in the bucket
• scintillas
• patches
• parts
• grains
• molecules
• tastes
• granules
• atoms
• dots
• doses
• portions
• syllables
• jots
• nubbins
• scraps
• minima
• minims
• fragments
• morsels
• vestiges
• flakes
• whits
• chips
• shivers
• sections
• hoots
• motes
• splinters
• scatterings
• flyspecks
• semblances
• modicums
• clippings
• tittles
• iotas
• smatterings
• shavings
• shards
• parings
• tatters
• smatters
• smithereens
• shots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loads
• masses
• pecks
• quantities
• mountains
• barrels
• bushels
• piles
• stacks
• buckets
• bundles
• lots
• deals
• heaps
• reams
• fistfuls
• rafts
• gobs
• wads
• messes
• lashings
• abundances
• volumes
• scads
• oodles
• wealths
• boatloads
• much
• surpluses
• excesses
• profusions
• potfuls
• plenties
• embarrassments
• passels
• overflows
• lumps
• slabs
• bonanzas
• overages
• superfluities
• chunks
• hunks
• overmuch
• surfeits
• oversupplies
• overkills
• overabundances
• superabundances

nips

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of nip

as in sips

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time

give me just a nip of milk to help me swallow this pill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sips
• drinks
• gulps
• swallows
• belts
• swigs
• slugs
• snorts
• drafts
• drops
• shots
• quaffs
• sups
• swills
• drags
• drams

nips

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of nip

1

as in shaves

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument

I'm just going to nip these hedges, and then I'll be done with the work outside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaves
• cuts
• clips
• trims
• snips
• mows
• crops
• prunes
• shears
• pares
• bobs
• docks
• cuts back
• lops (off)
• polls
• pinches
• whittles
• stumps
• skives
• shortens
• curtails
• manicures

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extends
• lengthens
• elongates

2

as in pinches

to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points

the puppy nipped her hand while playing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pinches
• clasps
• holds
• clutches
• grasps
• grips
• takes
• crimps
• tweaks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• springs
• drops
• releases
• frees
• loosens
• looses

3

as in steals

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

that guy nipped my wallet from the restaurant table when I turned away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steals
• swipes
• pinches
• lifts
• grabs
• snatches
• filches
• pilfers
• pockets
• thieves
• nicks
• hooks
• purloins
• snitches
• rips off
• robs
• walks off with
• appropriates
• runs off with
• misappropriates
• boosts
• makes off with
• picks
• makes away with
• takes
• hijacks
• heists
• seizes
• plunders
• knocks over
• sacks
• loots
• burglarizes
• pillages
• rifles
• collars
• grasps
• poaches
• nails
• shoplifts
• rustles
• abducts
• kidnaps
• spirits
• carjacks
• sponges
• mooches
• shanghais

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buys
• purchases
• gives
• presents
• contributes
• bestows
• donates
• hands over

4

as in rushes

to proceed or move quickly

I'll just nip off to the corner store for some milk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushes
• trots
• zips
• races
• scurries
• drives
• hurries
• flies
• speeds
• travels
• chases
• jumps
• buzzes
• runs
• darts
• blows
• scoots
• rips
• dashes
• scuttles
• tears
• bowls
• rams
• jogs
• shoots
• steps
• blasts
• barrels
• zooms
• humps
• bolts
• breezes
• blazes
• rustles
• belts
• jets
• hustles
• bustles
• motors
• whirls
• hies
• hurls
• cracks (on)
• hares
• pelts
• rockets
• hastens
• hurtles
• courses
• whisks
• careers
• beats it
• bombs
• bundles
• steps on it
• makes tracks
• careens
• gallops
• highballs
• cannonballs
• gets a move on
• flits
• shakes a leg
• hotfoots (it)
• scampers
• beetles
• sprints
• streaks
• scuds
• accelerates
• whizzes
• stampedes
• scuffles
• overtakes
• outruns
• quickens
• steps out
• arrows
• outpaces
• outstrips
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pokes
• crawls
• creeps
• drags
• lags
• lingers
• pokes
• hangs (around or out)
• loiters
• dawdles
• dallies
• strolls
• saunters
• shuffles
• ambles
• tarries
• slows (down or up)
• plods
• lumbers
• decelerates
• dillydallies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nips

Noun

The market is doing the Fed’s job Kevin Warsh’s argument for an ultimately lower Fed funds rate may rely on the notion that financial conditions are likely to tighten further on the long end of the yield curve—far outweighing any nips to the base rate the central bank can make. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 May 2026

Leclerc still can’t steer right at full speed, so Verstappen nips ahead for good measure at the final corner. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 11 May 2026

Chief among the products banned are the ubiquitous 50 milliliter bottles known as shooters, shots, nips or airline bottles. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026

Such terrible deprivations the newcomers to our land must endure while guzzling nips, smoking weed and driving the wrong way on our interstate highways. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026

Dozens of people testified in support of the bill, which would have allowed a town’s legislative body to ban the sale of nips. — Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026

This extra, low-effort step makes guests feel especially welcome, as well as nips any potential musical chairs awkwardness in the bud. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026

While our personal faves are the natural nips, the brand also offers smooth nipple covers. — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2025

Her story about not wanting to flash her nips at the then–Prince of Wales is choice. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025

Verb

But the teacher nips the conversation in the bud, redirecting everyone’s attention to the lesson of the day. — Boaz Dvir, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2026