Nipped

Synonyms for "nipped" (66 found)

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Closest matches (14)

abbreviated abridged abstracted bobbed capsule capsulized clamped clipped compact compressed concentrated

Verb(3 words)

Strong matches (19)

condensed consolidated constricted contracted cramped cropped curtailedcut shortdigested docked elided elliptic elliptical knitted

Verb(5 words)

curb curtailed frost-nipped frostbitten grip

Related words (33)

mowed mown pinched pinched-in pollard polled pruned puckered pursed reaped shaved sheared short-cut shortened snub snubbed solidified squeezed strangled strangulated

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trimmedwasp waistedwasp-waisted wrinkled

Verb(9 words)

nip pilfer pinch prevented restrained restrict seize snatch steal

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries

descriptive adjectivefigurative senseidiomatic usagemachine operationphysical actionrestrictiontemperature descriptortheft

More specific

8 entries

biting check curbearly suppressionpilfer pinch pinching snatch

Collocations

10 entries

frost-nipped cheeksfrostbitten skinnipped a pursenipped at the windnipped by frostnipped by the coldnipped in the budnipped the budgetnipped the budswind-nipped cheeks

Inflections

2 entries

nipping nips

Derivations

4 entries

nip nipper nippily nippy

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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The dog nipped at me.

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"I nipped your national pride, I see." "You must have nipped it a long time ago, I can't even remember it."

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Had I but seen it coming, I should have nipped this revolting development in the bud.

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The discussion was nipped in the bud.

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