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nip definition


  1. n.
    a small, quick drink of liquor. : Here, have a nip of this stuff.
  2. in.
    to take small drinks of liquor periodically. (See also nipped.) : After nipping all day, Fred was pretty well stewed by dinnertime.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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nip and tuck definition


  1. mod.
    so close as to be almost the same; neck and neck. : They ran nip and tuck all the way to the finish line, but Tom won the race.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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nip and tuck

Very close so that the advantage or lead of competitors keeps shifting, as in It was nip and tuck whether they would deal with the bill before Congress adjourned. The precise allusion in this term has been lost. [Early 1800s] Also see neck and neck.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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