nip
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Shelter workers mentioned a previous bite but characterized it as a nip at the heels and “not a big deal,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025
With a bit of nip off the surface and the Kookaburra balls doing more than in years gone by, it might make sense to bowl a touch fuller.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
On some days, Blanchard will nip over to a local park with a metal detector in hopes of finding lost gold jewelry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
I don’t know what it was that gave them intense pleasure, but I am guessing it is some kind of rat or mouse nip.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
Vocabulary lists containing nip
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