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nip
verb- (of a person) to move quickly UK, 1825
- — J.E. MacDonnell, Don’t Gimme the Ships, p. 92, 1960
- Kate nipped into the driving seat and in a bold minute, roared away from the residency down the hill to the wharf. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 57, 1962
- [N]ipped off on the plane with Anzac Jack. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 20, 1962
- — J.E. MacDonnell, Big Bill the Bastard, p. 45, 1976
- to grab UK, 1566
- He nipped me by my coatsleeve and lamped me with a wicked eye. — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 85, 1965
- to open a locked door using a special pair of pliers that can grasp the key from the other side of the door US
- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 810, 1962: “Penitentiary and underworld glossary”
▶ nip it
to stop doing something US, 1983- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, November 1983
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