Found 3 hits - Term: nip and tuck, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nip \nip\, n.
1. a seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the
northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
1913 webster
2. a pinch with the nails or teeth.
1913 webster
3. a small cut, or a cutting off the end.
1913 webster
4. a blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
1913 webster
5. a biting sarcasm; a taunt. --latimer.
1913 webster
6. naut. a short turn in a rope.
1913 webster
nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest;
as, it was nip and tuck right to the last minute of play.
low, u.s.
1913 webster
see also:
nip and tuck
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
nip and tuck
adj : inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or
comparison or competition; "as they approached the
finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was
a nip and tuck affair" syn: neck and neck, head-to-head
n : plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging
from your face; an incision is made near the hair line
and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised;
"some actresses have more than one face lift" syn: face
lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic
surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
adv : even or close in a race or competition or comparison; "the
horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck" syn:
neck and neck, head-to-head
see also:
neck and neck head-to-head face lift facelift lift face lifting
cosmetic surgery rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 moby thesaurus words for "nip and tuck":
alike, at par, au pair, commensurate, drawn, equal, equalized,
even, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, knotted, level,
like, on a footing, on a level, on a par, on even ground, par,
proportionate, quits, square, stalemated, tied
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