Gook vs. Nip

Gook vs. Nip — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Gook and Nip

Gooknoun

A person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent, especially a Vietnamese, Filipino, Chinese or Korean person.

Nipnoun

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.

Gooknoun

(dated) A foreigner, especially an enemy soldier in wartime.

Nipnoun

A nipple, usually of a woman.

Gooknoun

(informal) Grime or mud.

Nipnoun

A playful bite.

The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip.
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Gooknoun

any thick messy substance

Nipnoun

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

Gooknoun

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

Nipnoun

Briskly cold weather.

There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.

Nipnoun

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching

the nip of masses of ice

Nipnoun

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

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Nipnoun

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

Nipnoun

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

Nipnoun

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

Nipnoun

(nautical) A short turn in a rope.

Nipnoun

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

Nipnoun

A pickpocket.

Nipverb

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

Nipverb

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

Nipverb

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

Nipverb

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

Nipverb

To annoy, as by nipping.

Nipverb

To taunt.

Nipverb

To squeeze or pinch.

Nipverb

To steal; especially to cut a purse.

Nipverb

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

Nipverb

(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?

Nipnoun

a small drink of liquor;

he poured a shot of whiskey

Nipnoun

a person of Japanese descent

Nipnoun

a tart spiciness

Nipnoun

a small drink

Nipnoun

small sharp biting

Nipverb

squeeze tightly between the fingers;

He pinched her behindShe squeezed the bottle

Nipverb

give a small sharp bite to;

The Queen's corgies always nip at her staff's ankles

Nipverb

sever or remove by pinching or snipping;

nip off the flowers