nipped

nipped

1. Having been cut, trimmed, or bitten. I noticed that the fins on my new cardinal fish were looking nipped, and I'm suspecting that one of the older fish has been attacking him.
2. Trimmed to be smaller, narrow, or shapely. Once the dress is nipped at the waist a bit, it will look stunning on you.
3. Slightly intoxicated from alcohol. I could tell my uncle was a bit nipped when he came into the room.
See also: nip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

nipped

mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also nip.) All four of them went out and got nipped.
See also: nip
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • drink like a fish
  • drink like a fish, to
  • flying fish
  • fish up
  • fish up out of
  • fish up out of (something)
  • fish to fry
  • (as) crooked as a fish hook
  • be neither fish nor fowl
  • fowl
References in periodicals archive
control (without nipping) and nipped were evaluated.
Data Collection and Statistical analysis: Data were recorded on ten randomly selected plants from each plot of both treatments (un-nipped and nipped) replication-1.
Secondary branches per plant: Data presented for secondary branches plant-1 showed highly significant differences for genotypes, treatments (nipped and un-nipped) and genotype by nipping interaction (Table 2).
APPRAISAL OF INTERACTION AMONG NIPPING AND CHICKPEA (CICER ARIETINUM L.) GENOTYPES AND THEIR CORRELATED RESPONSE FOR GRAIN YIELD
A new chill-roll stack for thin sheet from Davis-Standard Corp., Pawcatuck, Conn., is believed to be the only one that measures and controls hydraulic force between all nipped rolls.
New roll stack controls chill-roll nip force
Some cleaner wrasses nipped their clients, which gave a visible jerk, about five times more often than typical cleaner wrasses did.
Cleaners show off before biting clients. (Fish Fraud)