Read full poem →And, ere we see,
Nip in the blossome all our hopes and Thee.
Dictionary Entry
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
In a Sentence
“He had a nip of whiskey.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. nipoff nipnip little
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “nip”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The sheep when hunger presses sore
May nip the clover round its nest;
But soon the thistle wounding sore
Read full poem →So have I seen som tender slip
Sav'd with care from Winters nip,
The pride of her carnation train,
Read full poem →Ere strown by those autumnal eyes
That nip the forest's foliage dead,
Discoloured with a lifeless red[bu],
Read full poem →(And ne’er Misfortune’s eastern blast
Did nip a fairer flower.)