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Synonyms for nip

62 synonyms
6 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

nick snatch tweet squeeze pop benumb

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Pinch — to steal; especially to cut a purse

pinch, nick, make off with, walk off with, cut, snatch, lift, rip, kill, bag, pocket, boost, swipe, steal, pilfer, cop, borrow, appropriate, thieve, poach, crib, kidnap

2. Squeeze

squeeze, twitch, twinge, tweet

3. Snip

Other

pop, compress, snub, gripe, benumb, prune, trim

Noun

1. Bite

bite, tang, tanginess, zest, piquancy, piquance, piquantness

2. Relish

relish, smack, savor US, savour UK, flavor US, flavour UK, sapidity

3. Chill

chill, coolness, chilliness

Other

nibble, dram, sip, drink, tot, shot, slug, snifter informal, blast, belt, cut-off, mouthful

Definitions

v. 1
To steal; especially to cut a purse.
v. 2
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
n. 1
A playful bite.
The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.
n. 2
A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Related words

Word family: nipfarthing nipper
Phrases: nip and tuck in the nip

Forms

Plural: nips → bites, tangs, zests, piquancies…
Past participle: nipped
e.g. nipped → pinched, nicked, snatched, lifted…

Example sentences

nick Tom got to the airport just in the nick of time.
snatch Boldi tried to snatch the toy out of Martha's hands.
tweet I think the president's tweet speaks for itself.
squeeze Everyone squeeze together so I can take a picture.
pop It is certain that Lucy will marry the pop singer.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
nip		steady
nick		rising
snatch		rising
tweet		rising
squeeze		rising
pop		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: cut¹, pop¹, bag¹, cop¹, rip¹, sip¹, tot¹
4 letters: shot¹, kill¹, nick¹, lift¹, belt¹, clip¹, bite¹, trim¹, tang¹, crib¹, slug¹, zest¹, snub¹, dram¹
5 letters: drink¹, boost¹, steal¹, blast¹, tweet¹, chill¹, pinch¹, swipe¹, smack¹, prune¹, savor², gripe¹, poach¹
6 letters: pocket², borrow², flavor², twitch¹, snatch¹, kidnap², relish², nibble², savour, twinge¹, pilfer², thieve¹, benumb
7 letters: squeeze¹, flavour, snifter²
8 letters: compress², mouthful², coolness², piquancy, piquance, sapidity
9 letters: tanginess
10 letters: chilliness
11 letters: appropriate⁴, piquantness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (savor² = 2 syllables).