The difference between Nip and Snifter
When used as nouns, nip means a small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor, whereas snifter means a small alcoholic drink.
Nip is also verb with the meaning: to catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed.
check bellow for the other definitions of Nip and Snifter
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Nip as a noun:
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
Examples:
"I’ll just take a nip of that cake."
"He had a nip of whiskey."
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Nip as a noun (slang, vulgar):
A nipple, usually of a woman.
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Nip as a verb:
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
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Nip as a verb:
To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
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Nip as a verb:
To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
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Nip as a verb:
To annoy, as by nipping.
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Nip as a verb:
To taunt.
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Nip as a verb (Scotland, Northern England):
To squeeze or pinch.
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Nip as a verb (obsolete, UK, thieves):
To steal; especially to cut a purse.
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Nip as a noun:
A playful bite.
Examples:
"The puppy gave his owner’s finger a nip."
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Nip as a noun:
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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Nip as a noun:
Briskly cold weather.
Examples:
"There is a nip in the air. It is [[nippy]] outside."
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Nip as a noun:
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
Examples:
"the nip of masses of ice."
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Nip as a noun:
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
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Nip as a noun (mining):
A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
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Nip as a noun:
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
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Nip as a noun:
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
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Nip as a noun (nautical):
A short turn in a rope.
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Nip as a noun (papermaking):
The place of intersection where one roll touches another
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Nip as a noun (obsolete, UK, thieves):
A pickpocket.
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Nip as a verb (informal):
To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
Examples:
"Why don’t you nip down to the grocer’s for some milk?"
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Snifter as a noun:
A small alcoholic drink.
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Snifter as a noun:
A pear-shaped glass for drinking brandy or other alcoholic beverages.
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Snifter as a noun (US):
A severe storm.