nip
/nɪp/ verb C2- To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip. · Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?
He/she/it nips · Past nipped · Past participle nipped · -ing form nipping
Verb forms
- Base form
- nip
- He/she/it
- nips
- Past
- nipped
- Past participle
- nipped
- -ing form
- nipping
From the library
“Well, maybe a wee nip would keep out the raw morning chill.
I can’t help imagining that perhaps, just as we get to the middle, they’ll crumple up like a jack-knife and nip us.
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