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nip(1) (iou) and generalized (oh)


nip(1) (iou)



nip noun1. M16.
[from NIP verb1.]
I.
a. An act of compressing or catching something between two edges, points, etc.; a pinch; a sharp squeeze, a bite. M16.
R. Baden-Powell A judiciously applied nip of his sharp little jaws.
b. Nautical. Severe pressure exerted by ice on the sides of a vessel; the crushing effect of this. M19.
c. Nautical. The grip of a rope at a point where it is twisted round something; part of a rope held fast in this way. M19.
d. A break or interruption in a seam of coal between strata. M19.
A sharp remark or comment; a rebuke, a reproof. Now rare. M16.
M. Arnold Many a shrewd nip has he..given to the Philistines, this editor.
a. A check to vegetation caused by cold; (a nipping effect of) the cold producing this. E17.
B. Pym A fine..autumn morning, but there was quite a nip in the air.
b. The quality of being pungent; a pungent flavour. Scot. E19.
Cricket.
a. A slight touch or stroke given to the ball by a batsman. E-M18.
b. The quality in bowling causing the ball to rise sharply. M20.
II.
Orig., a cutpurse, a pickpocket. Later, a niggardly person, a person who drives hard bargains; a cheat. Now dial. & arch. slang. L16.
a. A device which nips something; spec. (in apparatus for combing silk or wool) a mechanism for catching and moving the material. L17.
b. The narrow gap or area of contact between two rollers in a mechanism. L19.
III.
A small portion, esp. one pinched off something; a fragment, a little bit. E17.
D. Masson The minutest..animalcule has its little nip of a cosmos.
Physical Geography. A low cliff cut along a gently sloping coastline by wave action. Also, a notch cut similarly along the base of a cliff. L19.
Phrases: nip and tuck (chiefly N. Amer.) neck and neck. put in the nips Austral. & NZ colloq. cadge, borrow, or extort money.

generalized (oh)



involving or relating to many things, people, or parts
::generalized statements
::generalized anxiety