[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nip \nip\, v. t. imp.  p. p. nipped, less properly nipt;
   p. pr.  vb. n. nipping. oe. nipen; cf. d. niipen to
   pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to
   pinch, lg. knipen, g. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off,
   nip, lith. knebti.
   1. to catch and inclose or compress tightly between two
      surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed;
      to pinch; to close in upon.
      1913 webster

            may this hard earth cleave to the nadir hell,
            down, down, and close again, and nip me flat,
            if i be such a traitress.             --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   2. to remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting
      edges of anything; to clip.
      1913 webster

            the small shoots . . . must be nipped off.
                                                  --mortimer.
      1913 webster

   3. hence: to blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor
      of; to destroy.
      1913 webster

   4. to vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
      1913 webster

            and sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   to nip in the bud, to cut off at the very commencement of
      growth; to kill in the incipient stage.
      1913 webster
see also:
nipped nipt nipping to nip in the bud 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nipping \nip"ping\, a.
   biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost;
   a nipping wind.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nip
     n 1: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" syn:
           shot
     2: a person of japanese descent syn: jap
     3: a tart spiciness syn: piquance, piquancy, tang, tanginess,
         zest
     4: a small drink syn: sip
     5: small sharp biting syn: pinch
     v 1: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "he pinched her
          behind"; "she squeezed the bottle" syn: pinch, squeeze,
           twinge, tweet, twitch
     2: give a small sharp bite to; "the queen's corgies always nip
        at her staff's ankles"
     3: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the
        flowers" syn: nip off, clip, snip, snip off
     also: nipping, nipped
see also:
shot jap piquance piquancy tang tanginess 
zest sip pinch squeeze twinge 
tweet twitch nip off clip snip 
snip off nipping nipped 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nipping
     adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
            aphorism"; "pungent satire" syn: barbed, biting,
            pungent, mordacious
     2: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and
        frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day";
        "snappy weather"; `parky' is a british term syn: crisp,
         frosty, nippy, snappy, parky
see also:
barbed biting pungent mordacious crisp frosty 
nippy snappy parky 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nipping
     see nip
see also:
nip 

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The Australian: Story not found.
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training puppy nipping
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