nip at (English, verb)
expansion: nip at (third-person singular simple present nips at, present participle nipping at, simple past and past participle nipped at)
Senses:
glosses: To bite or pinch with small actions.
glosses: To be cold; to be bitingly cold.
raw_tags: of poor weather
glosses: To sip a drink (usually alcoholic) in small amounts.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: nips at
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: nipping at
tags: participle
present
form: nipped at
tags: participle
past
form: nipped at
tags: past