1. To submerge or plunge suddenly.
2. To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away.
1. To give a small sharp bite to
2. To sever or remove by pinching of snipping; SYN. nip off, clip, snip, snip off.
1. Compress, squeeze
2. To be miserly or closefisted
3. To press painfully
4. Narrow, taper
5. To squeeze tightly between the fingers; SYN. vellicate, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch.
6. To sail too close to the wind