| Main Entry: | nip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swallow, taste |
Synonyms: |
bite, catch, dram, drop, finger, jolt, morsel, mouthful, nibble, pinch, portion, shot*, sip, slug, snifter, soupçon, toothful |
Antonyms: |
mouthful |
| Main Entry: | nip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite; take small part |
Synonyms: |
catch, clip, compress, grip, munch, nab at, nibble, pinch, sink teeth into, snag, snap*, snip, squeeze*, take a chunk out of, tweak, twinge, twitch |
Antonyms: |
gorge |
| Main Entry: | nip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, thwart |
Synonyms: |
arrest, balk, blight, check, dash, end, frustrate |
Antonyms: |
allow, encourage, permit |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking into custody |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, apprehension, appropriation, bag*, booby trap, bust, captivity, capture, collar, commitment, confinement, constraint, crimp, detention, drop*, fall*, gaff, glom, grab*, heat*, hook*, imprisonment, incarceration, jailing, mitt, nab, nail, nick, nip, pick up*, pickle, pinch*, preventive custody, protective custody, pull in, pull*, restraining, run in, sequestering, snare, sweep* |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury from gripping, tearing |
Synonyms: |
chaw, chomp, gob, itch, laceration, nip, pain, pinch, prick, smarting, sting, tooth marks, wound |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip or tear with teeth |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of, taste, tooth, wound |
| Main Entry: | chill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cold conditions |
Synonyms: |
bite, coldness, coolness, crispness, frigidity, gelidity, iciness, nip, rawness, rigor, sharpness |
Antonyms: |
heat, warmth |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
Synonyms: |
carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound |
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discourage, frustrate |
Synonyms: |
abash, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, blast, blight, chagrin, chill, circumvent, cloud, confound, dampen, disappoint, discomfort, dismay, dispirit, foil, nip, ruin, spoil, thwart |
| Main Entry: | dose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion of drug or other consumable |
Synonyms: |
application, dosage, dram, draught, fill, fix*, hit*, lot, measure, measurement, nip, potion, prescription, quantity, share, shot*, slug, spoonful |
| Notes: | a dose is a quantity taken at one time; a dosage is any amount prescribed for a given period of time |