"nipping" in the verb sense
1. pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
squeeze tightly between the fingers
"He pinched her behind"
"She squeezed the bottle"
2. nip
give a small sharp bite to
"The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles"
3. nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
sever or remove by pinching or snipping
"nip off the flowers"
"nipping" in the adjective sense
1. barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious
capable of wounding
"a barbed compliment"
"a biting aphorism"
"pungent satire"
2. crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy
pleasantly cold and invigorating
"crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"
"a nipping wind"
"a nippy fall day"
"snappy weather"
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