Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram. 2. (v. t.) To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. 3. (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. 4. (v. t.) Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. 5. (v. t.) To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. 6. (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice. 7. (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth. 8. (n.) A small cut, or a cutting off the end. 9. (n.) A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost. 10. (n.) A biting sarcasm; a taunt. 11. (n.) A short turn in a rope.

Multi-Version Concordance Nip (1 Occurrence) Leviticus 5:8 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not sever it completely. (See NAS)