Course and Nip

Course

Course verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: racehorses coursing down the track

Nip and course are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nip" instead a verb "Course".

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Nip

Nip verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: I'll just nip off to the corner store for some milk

Course and nip are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Course" instead a verb "Nip".

Nearby Words: nipped, nipper, nipping

How words are described

good good course good nip
small small course small nip

Both words in one sentence

  • Of course, there might've been a porch outside, but Arthur locks the door when he leaves and suggests everyone nip out the back.
  • GPS Evidence It could of course have been dropped by a coal deliveryman who'd treated himself to a Quick Nip and bought a bag of chips on his way home from work, but hey.
    Source: GPS Evidence
  • Useful Notes / Millard Fillmore In all, he suffers much the same problem as Neville Chamberlain, as historians are divided over whether he failed to nip a solvable problem in the bud, or took the only viable course of action when dealing with an impossible situation.
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