nipped

nipped
mod. alcohol intoxicated. (See also nip.)
All four of them went out and got nipped.
How can anybody be so nipped on four beers?

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  • nipped-in — «NIHPT IHN», adjective. pinched in at the waist; made to fit very tightly: »a nipped in jacket and full skirt …   Useful english dictionary

  • Nipped — Nip Nip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nipped}, less properly {Nipt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nipping}.] [OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off, nip, Lith.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nipped —    Ōmu o.    ♦ That project was nipped in the bud, ōmu o ia a e ia hana …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • nipped, nipping — verb 1 (T) to bite someone or something lightly: The dog nipped my ankles. 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) BrE informal to go somewhere quickly or for a short time (+ in/down/out etc): I m just nipping out to the shops I ll be back in five… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • nipped — Synonyms and related words: abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, bobbed, capsule, capsulized, clamped, clipped, compressed, concentrated, condensed, consolidated, constricted, contracted, cramped, cropped, curtailed, cut short, digested, docked,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • nipped — nɪp n. pinch; frosty chill; small sip; small bite; sharp or spicy flavor v. squeeze tightly between two surfaces, pinch, bite; break off by pinching; sip (especially an alcoholic drink); sting sharply (especially with cold); stop process of… …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • NIPBL — Nipped B homolog (Drosophila) Identifiers Symbols NIPBL; FLJ44854; CDLS1; DKFZp434L1319; FLJ11203; CDLS; FLJ13354; FLJ12597; IDN3; Scc2; FLJ13648 External IDs …   Wikipedia

  • nip — nip1 [nıp] v past tense and past participle nipped present participle nipping [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Low German; Origin: nipen] 1.) [I always + adverb/preposition] BrE informal to go somewhere quickly or for a short time = ↑pop ▪ Have we time …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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