nip

[nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb

1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) uščipniti

2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) odščipniti

3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) peči

4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) skočiti v

5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) posmoditi

2. noun

1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) uščip; ugriz

2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) strupen mraz

3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) kozarček

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- nippy

- nip something in the bud
- nip in the bud

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I [nip]

noun

uščip, ugriz, ščipanje

technical nalom (v žici itd.); figuratively zbadljmka (beseda); strupen mraz; ozeblina, poškodba (rastline od mraza); American nip and tuck — ostra borba (pri tekmovanju)

II [nip]

1.

transitive verb

uščipniti, ugrizniti, odščipniti, priščipniti; ščipati (mraz), posmoditi (slana), poškodovati (veter, mraz); figuratively zatreti; slang izmakniti, ukrasti; ujeti, zapreti (tatu);

2.

intransitive verb

ščipati, gristi; technical zatikati se (stroj)

to nip in the bud — v kali zatreti

nip ped by the ice — okovan v led (ladja)

III [nip]

1.

noun

požirek žganja, kozarček;

2.

transitive verb & intransitive verb

srkati (žganje), popiti (požirek, kozarček)