What does nip slang mean?

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What does nip slang mean?

What does nip slang mean?

Nips isn't just a silly slang term for nipples; it's also a racial slur dating back to the height of anti-Japanese sentiment, especially after World War II (short for Nippon, the Japanese word for Japan). Luckily, that word has fallen out of favor, but the nipple connotation still looms large.

What does nipping around mean?

verb [no passive] If you nip somewhere, usually somewhere nearby, you go there quickly or for a short time.

What is the synonym of nip?

bite, nibble, peck, pinch, tweak, squeeze, grip. 2'I'll just nip out and see what's going on' go, rush, dash, dart, hurry, scurry, scamper. drop by, drop in, drop into, drop round, stop by, visit. informal tootle, pop, whip.

Where did the term Nipper come from?

nipper (n.) "small boy," 1859, originally specifically one who does errands and chores for a gang of workmen (1851), perhaps from the canting sense "pickpocket, one who 'pinches' other people's property" (1530s; see nip (v.)).

What is the synonym of cut?

1'the knife slipped and cut his finger' gash, slash, lacerate, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure. scratch, graze, nick, snick, notch, incise, score. lance.

What is the synonym of dereliction?

abandonment, neglect, disuse, desertion, rejection, forsaking. 2'he could have been shot for dereliction of duty' negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, delinquency, failure, non-performance. carelessness, remissness, lack of care, laxity, laxness, sloppiness, slackness, irresponsibility, oversight, omission.

Why are Japanese called Nippon?

Both Nippon and Nihon literally mean "the sun's origin", that is, where the sun originates, and are often translated as the Land of the Rising Sun. ... Wa was a name early China used to refer to an ethnic group living in Japan around the time of the Three Kingdoms Period.

What is a nipper in Australian slang?

(Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.

What is the synonym of slash?

cut, cut open, gash, slit, split open, lacerate, knife, hack, make an incision in, score. rip, tear. literary rend. 2'the company was forced to slash prices' reduce, cut, drop, bring down, mark down, lower, put down.

What is it called when you get cut in half?

Death by sawing was the act of sawing or cutting a living person in half, either sagittally (usually midsagittally), or transversely.

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