NIPPED

Definition: NIPPED

NIPPED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Nip

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "NIPPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Crosswords: NIPPED

English words defined with "NIPPED": Frost-bitten. (references)

Specialty definitions using "NIPPED": Prince Rupert's Drops ♦ roll crusher. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Nipped out to check they'd emptied his bin . . . reversed over him. (Phoenix Nights; writing credit: Neil Fitzmaurice; Peter Kay)
Movie/TV Titles	Cat Nipped (1932)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Martyrs to duty. Late frost which nipped the buds of our nice plant makes it our duty ...Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"NIPPED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 63.93% of the time. "NIPPED" is used about 122 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	63.93%	78	37,656
Lexical Verb (past participle)	32.79%	40	54,274
Noun (proper)	1.64%	2	245,945
Adjective (general or positive)	1.64%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	122	N/A

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "NIPPED": nipped-in.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "NIPPED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�'� (Gnaw, Gnawed, Gnawing, Nip, Nipping). (various references)

Danish		parvis samlede spunspæle med overlapning sammenklemt (interlocking sheet piles mounted in pairs with joints nipped, sheet piles assembled in pairs with interlocks closed). (various references)

Dutch		genibbelde hoek (nipped corner), dubbele damplanken met dichtgeknepen slot (interlocking sheet piles mounted in pairs with joints nipped, sheet piles assembled in pairs with interlocks closed). (various references)

Finnish		hallan vikuuttama (nipped by frost), hallan panema (damaged by frost, nipped by frost). (various references)

French		palplanches assemblées par paires avec joints pincés (interlocking sheet piles mounted in pairs with joints nipped), fève meurtrie au cours du dépulpage (pulper nipped bean), coin rabattu (nipped corner), coin grugé (nipped corner), coin détaché � la pince (nipped corner). (various references)

German		zwickte (pinched, tweaked), gekniffen (pinched). (various references)

Greek		Kόψιμο γωνίας τζαμιού(με πένσα) (nipped corner), συνένωση πασσαλοσανίδων κατά ζεύγη με ασφαλιστικούς αρμούς (interlocking sheet piles mounted in pairs with joints nipped, sheet piles assembled in pairs with interlocks closed). (various references)

Italian		palancole riunite a coppie con giunti a pinza (interlocking sheet piles mounted in pairs with joints nipped, sheet piles assembled in pairs with interlocks closed), angolo ribattuto (nipped corner). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		霜枯れる (to be withered or nipped by frost), 霜枯れ (bleak, nipped by frost). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しもがれる (to be withered or nipped by frost), しもがれ (bleak, nipped by frost). (various references)

Manx		spuilgit, spolgit (chipped), mingit (pinched), broojit (bruised, compressed, contusive, crushed, crushed as fruit, mashed, pounded, pressed). (various references)

Pig Latin		ippednay

Portuguese		esquina quebrada (nipped corner). (various references)

Spanish		tablestacas unidas por parejas con juntas apretadas (interlocking sheet piles mounted in pairs with joints nipped, sheet piles assembled in pairs with interlocks closed), esquina matada (nipped corner). (various references)

Swedish		nypt hörn (nipped corner). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "NIPPED": snipped. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"NIPPED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: jipped, naped, nappied, Neppe, nipa, nipe, nipet, nipi, nippel, nippet, nippled, nipt, noped, nype. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "NIPPED" (pronounced ni"pt)
3	-i" p t	chipped, clipped, crypt, dipped, dripped, encrypt, equipped, flipped, gripped, gypped, lipped, nondescript, outstripped, quipped, ripped, script, shipped, sipped, skipped, slipped, stripped, tipped, tripped, unzipped, whipped, zipped.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-i-n-p-p"
	-1 letter: pined, piped.
	-2 letters: deni, dine, nide, pein, pend, pied, pine, pipe.
	-3 letters: den, die, din, dip, end, nip, ped, pen, pep, pie, pin, pip.
	-4 letters: de, ed, en, id, in, ne, pe, pi.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-i-n-p-p"
	+1 letter: nippled, snipped.
	+2 letters: appendix, downpipe, lippened, peponida, pinniped, propined, unripped, untipped, unzipped, windpipe.
	+3 letters: appending, appointed, downpipes, drainpipe, inclipped, inwrapped, kidnapped, kidnappee, kidnapper, panoplied, peponidas, pinedrops, pinnipeds, pipelined, properdin, redipping, sandpiper, standpipe, unclipped, unshipped, windpipes.
	+4 letters: appendices, appendixes, drainpipes, kidnappees, kidnappers, pentaploid, perpending, pinpointed, pinpricked, pinstriped, piperidine, preprinted, principled, propending, properdins, sandpipers, sphenopsid, standpipes, uncrippled, unequipped.
	+5 letters: appertained, apportioned, apprenticed, dispeopling, handicapped, handicapper, interlapped, pentaploids, pentaploidy, piperidines, preadapting, preadopting, preprandial, pumpkinseed, reappointed, sphenopsids, transhipped.
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