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Gook and Nip Definitions

Gook

Variant of guck.

Nip

To seize and pinch or bite
The fish nipped the wader's toe.

Gook

Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent.

Nip

To remove or sever by pinching or snipping
Nipped off the plant leaf.

Gook

A person of (South) East Asian descent; originally a native of the Philippines, but now especially:
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Nip

To bite or sting with the cold; chill.

Gook

A Korean person (especially during the Korean War).

Nip

To check or cut off the growth or development of
A conspiracy that was nipped in the bud by the police.

Gook

A Vietnamese insurgent in the Vietnam War, particularly a member of the Vietcong.

Nip

To snatch up hastily.
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Gook

A foreigner (to the speaker), especially the (enemy) natives of a place the speaker's military is at war with or in.

Nip

To take (the property of another) unlawfully; steal.

Gook

A black insurgent in the Rhodesian Bush War.

Nip

To move quickly; dart.

Gook

(informal) Grime or mud.

Nip

To sip (alcoholic liquor) in small amounts
Had been nipping brandy.

Gook

Any thick messy substance

Nip

To take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor
Nips all day long.

Gook

A disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)

Nip

The act or an instance of seizing or pinching.

Nip

A pinch or snip that cuts off or removes a small part
He gave a small nip to each corner of the cloth.

Nip

The small bit or portion so removed
There were nips of construction paper all over the child's table.

Nip

A sharp, stinging quality, as of frosty air.

Nip

Severely sharp cold or frost.

Nip

A cutting remark.

Nip

A sharp, biting flavor; a tang
The nip of Mexican salsa.

Nip

A small amount of liquor.

Nip

A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
I’ll just take a nip of that cake.
He had a nip of whiskey.

Nip

A nipple, usually of a woman.

Nip

A playful bite.
The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.

Nip

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Nip

Briskly cold weather.
There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.

Nip

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
The nip of masses of ice

Nip

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

Nip

(mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.

Nip

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

Nip

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

Nip

(nautical) A short turn in a rope.

Nip

(papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another

Nip

A pickpocket.

Nip

A hamburger.

Nip

To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.

Nip

To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.

Nip

To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.

Nip

To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

Nip

To annoy, as by nipping.

Nip

To taunt.

Nip

To squeeze or pinch.

Nip

To steal; especially to cut a purse.

Nip

To affect [one] painfully; to cause physical pain.'

Nip

(informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?

Nip

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

Nip

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

Nip

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Nip

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

Nip

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

Nip

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

Nip

A short turn in a rope.

Nip

To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell,Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat,If I be such a traitress.

Nip

To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
The small shoots . . . must be nipped off.

Nip

Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.

Nip

To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.

Nip

A small drink of liquor;
He poured a shot of whiskey

Nip

A person of Japanese descent

Nip

A tart spiciness

Nip

A small drink

Nip

Small sharp biting

Nip

Squeeze tightly between the fingers;
He pinched her behind
She squeezed the bottle

Nip

Give a small sharp bite to;
The Queen's corgies always nip at her staff's ankles

Nip

Sever or remove by pinching or snipping;
Nip off the flowers

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