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nip - use in sentences
Adjective modifier
- nasty: There are plenty of places where the course can give you a nasty nip.
- quick: A quick nip up to Blackheath Standard for a spot of shopping.
Object
- ball: Neilson's timing was perfect as he nipped the ball away from the striker's toe just as he prepared to pull the trigger.
Modifying Another Word
- inside: I liked the line " Welcome to my mind, nip inside, you're welcome in " .
Noun used with modifier
- frost: He was bundled into a snow hole for shelter and was subsequently successfully treated for ' frost nip ' .
- cat: I told Amanda to get out the cat nip.
Followed by a transitive particle
- around: Full 2005 Ranges | 2004 Ranges You want to shop, nip around the corner or take the dog to the park?
Followed by an intransitive particle
- through: Adrian needed no invitation to capitalize on their errors and nipped through to take second place and a valuable 18 points.
Preposition: in
- air: Fresh and a little snow, a nip in the air.
- front: We get off the train and he nips in front of me to dash down the stairs.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- across: Then later on we could nip across to Beverley to see Flossie's house.
- off: I guess we can all nip off to the pub now.
- down: All I have to do is nip down to the embassy myself the following day to get my passport stamped.
- along: I'll maybe nip along to HMV tomorrow to see what's up.
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