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(noun) small sharp biting |
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Synonyms: pinch |
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Related Words: bite, chomp |
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| 2. |
(noun) a small drink |
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Synonyms: sip |
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Related Words: deglutition, drink, swallow |
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(verb) give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgies always nip at her staff's ankles" |
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Related Words: bite, seize with teeth |
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(verb) sever or remove by pinching of snipping; "nip off the flowers" |
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Synonyms: clip, nip off, snip, snip off |
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Related Words: cut |
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(noun) a tart spiciness |
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Synonyms: piquance, piquancy, tang, tanginess, zest |
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Related Words: spice, spicery, spiciness |
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(noun) a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" |
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Synonyms: shot |
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Related Words: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
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(noun) a person of Japanese descent |
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Synonyms: Jap |
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Related Words: Japanese, Nipponese |
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(verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" |
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Synonyms: pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch, vellicate |
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Related Words: grip |
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