nip
/nɪp/ verbe C1En français : pincer, mordiller, couper
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- To taunt.
He/she/it nips · Prétérit nipped · Participe passé nipped · Forme en -ing nipping
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
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- He/she/it
- nips
- Prétérit
- nipped
- Participe passé
- nipped
- Forme en -ing
- nipping
Dans la bibliothèque
Instead of that, he had intended, before his plans were nipped, to send me the clue in this envelope.
“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.
Then I nipped through and ran down the garden path in the direction that I thought he might have taken.
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