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nipless

adj

Etymology

From nip + -less.

  1. derived from *knīpaną✻
  2. derived from *knīpan✻
  3. derived from *knīpan✻
  4. derived from knîpen
  5. inherited from nippen
  6. suffixed as nipless — “nip + less”

Definitions

  1. With a nip or nips (in various senses).

    • [A]ll of these series of springs were built with leaves that were practically "nipless".
    • Just to spite himself, he stowed the bottle away in his bag and went nipless to bed.
    • Nipless. Remember the lad who smashed a Spencer st. wine saloon window to get his weekend nip?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA