nipping
ni ping
- v squeeze tightly between the fingers
- v give a small sharp bite to
- v sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- s capable of wounding
- s pleasantly cold and invigorating
a nipping wind
- Now that some prices are rising anew, the central bankers again must ponder the question of whether to battle inflation at the risk of nipping the economy's three-year-old expansion.
- Around Asia, womenand increasingly, menare nipping and tucking, sucking and suturing, injecting and implanting, all in the quest for better looks.
- Streep is, predictably, a marvel as Miranda flapping her wings, nipping at her perpetually frightened flock, hissing her contempt for their frightened ways.