nip

/nɪp/ verb (present participle nipping, past tense and past participle nipped)

Definition

nip down/out/up, etc UK informal › to go somewhere quickly and for a short time: I'm just nipping down the road to get a paper.

› [T] If something nips you, it gives you a small, sharp bite: His parrot nipped him on the nose. → See also nip sth in the bud

(Definition of nip verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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