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nip

IPA(Pronunciation)

/nɪp/

Noun

UK obsolete

A playful bite. / A pinch with the nails or teeth. / Briskly cold weather. / A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching / A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

Japanese Meaning

遊び噛み：軽い、いたずらのような噛みつき / 爪や歯でつまむ：爪や歯を使ったかじるような行為 / ひりつく寒さ：鋭く募るような寒さ / 締め付ける：何かを急に掴み締める行動 / 小さな切り傷や切除：小規模な切り傷、または先端部分を切り落とすこと

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She gave the puppy a tiny nip on the ear while they were playing.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

遊んでいるとき、彼女は子犬の耳を軽くかじりました。

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Sense（1）

A playful bite.

The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.

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Sense（2）

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Sense（3）

Briskly cold weather.

There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.

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Sense（4）

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching

the nip of masses of ice

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Sense（5）

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

Sense（6）

(mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.

Sense（7）

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

Sense（8）

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

Sense（9）

(nautical) A short turn in a rope.

Sense（10）

(papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another

Sense（11）

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A pickpocket.

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