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What is the noun for nip?

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nipper
  1. One who, or that which, nips.
  2. (plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
  3. (slang) A child.
  4. (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
  5. (Newfoundland English) A mosquito.
  6. One of four foreteeth in a horse.
  7. (obsolete) A satirist.
  8. (obsolete, slang) A pickpocket; a young or petty thief.
  9. A fish, the cunner.
  10. A European crab (Polybius henslowii).
  11. The claws of a crab or lobster.
  12. (dated) A machine used by a ticket inspector to stamp passengers' tickets.
  13. Synonyms:
      14. youth, child, kid, youngster, boy, shaver, lad, stripling, baby, infant, laddie, tot, toddler, tad, boyo, sprog, callant, boychick, boychik, tacker, shaveling, sonny, girl, munchkin, littlie, little one, ankle-biter, rug rat, bairn, bambino, brat, juvenile, teenager, adolescent, kiddie, babe, minor, chick, whippersnapper, squirt, urchin, cub, newborn, wean, kiddo, sprout, pickney, neonate, junior, young one … more
  14. Examples:
      15. “My little nipper loves playing soccer with his friends after school.”
      “The nipper of the crab clamped down on the fish with great force.”
      “The nipper chewed through the wire, causing the electrical short-circuit.”
nip
  1. A playful bite.
  2. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
  3. Briskly cold weather.
  4. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
  5. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
  6. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
  7. A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
  8. (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
  9. (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
  10. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A pickpocket.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. swallow, belt, draught, draft, drag, drink, gulp, quaff, shot, sip, slug, snort, sup, swig, swill, snifter, toothful, mouthful, dram, tot, drop, jigger, tipple, splash, taste, glass, glug, measure, chug, thimbleful, cup, ounce, slurp, aperitif, beverage, noggin, cocktail, mixed drink, glassful, guzzle, potation, finger, mug, libation, peg, drench, drain, small measure, gill, huddle … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “It has taken me a strong coffee and a nip of brandy to revive myself from the trip.”
      “How about a nip of chocolate and a bit of cinnamon with that coffee?”
      “Season your salad with a nip of salt and pepper.”
nip
  1. A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. swallow, belt, draught, draft, drag, drink, gulp, quaff, shot, sip, slug, snort, sup, swig, swill, snifter, toothful, mouthful, dram, tot, drop, jigger, tipple, splash, taste, glass, glug, measure, chug, thimbleful, cup, ounce, slurp, aperitif, beverage, noggin, cocktail, mixed drink, glassful, guzzle, potation, finger, mug, libation, peg, drench, drain, small measure, gill, huddle … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It has taken me a strong coffee and a nip of brandy to revive myself from the trip.”
      “How about a nip of chocolate and a bit of cinnamon with that coffee?”
      “Season your salad with a nip of salt and pepper.”
nipping
  1. The act or sensation of giving a nip.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pinch, nip, squeeze, compression, tweak, twinge, grasp, grasping, pressure
nip
  1. (vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. swallow, belt, draught, draft, drag, drink, gulp, quaff, shot, sip, slug, snort, sup, swig, swill, snifter, toothful, mouthful, dram, tot, drop, jigger, tipple, splash, taste, glass, glug, measure, chug, thimbleful, cup, ounce, slurp, aperitif, beverage, noggin, cocktail, mixed drink, glassful, guzzle, potation, finger, mug, libation, peg, drench, drain, small measure, gill, huddle … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It has taken me a strong coffee and a nip of brandy to revive myself from the trip.”
      “How about a nip of chocolate and a bit of cinnamon with that coffee?”
      “Season your salad with a nip of salt and pepper.”
nippings
  1. plural of nipping
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pinches, nips, squeezes, compressions, tweaks, twinges, grasps, graspings, pressure
nippers
  1. plural of nipper
  2. Synonyms:
      3. children, youngsters, babies, infants, juveniles, bairns, kids, minors, toddlers, newborns, youth, adolescents, babes, boys, girls, little ones, teenagers, tots, weans, brats, kiddies, neonates, schoolboys, schoolgirls, striplings, whippersnappers, fledglings, juniors, chits, laddies, shavers, sprog, young ladies, young men, young people, ankle-biters, bambinos, kiddiewinks, lassies, pickneys, sucklings, teens, teenyboppers, tinies, young adults, buds, chaps, chicks, cubs, kiddos … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “End-cutting nippers feature powerful leverage for cutting bolts, wire and rivets close to the surface.”
      “In others, they are intermediate in size and appear to function as pincers or nippers, as in other groups of mammals.”
      “Before you know it you'll be settled down with a wife and a couple of nippers.”
nips
  1. plural of nip
  2. Synonyms:
      3. swallows, belts, draught, draft, drag, drink, gulps, quaffs, shots, sips, slugs, snorts, sups, swigs, swills, snifters, toothfuls, mouthfuls, drams, tots, drops, jiggers, tipples, taste, glass, splashes, measures, chugs, glugs, thimblefuls, cups, ounces, noggins, slurps, aperitifs, cocktails, mixed drinks, beverages, potations, glassfuls, guzzles, pegs, drenches, drains, gills, mugs, fingers, libations, huddles, nightcaps … more
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