Down and Nip

Down

Down verb - To strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall.

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

Nearby Word: downed

Nip

Nip verb - To make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument.

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

Nearby Words: nipped, nipper, nipping

How words are described

small small down small nip
little little down little nip
bad bad down bad nip

Common collocations

little down little nip little
page down page nip page

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Taxi The problem, however, is that it's programmed to recognize words which are bound be used in conversation in the car, namely "ninja" and "nip" which means that whenever someone happens to say, "nip," the engine shuts down.
    Source: Film / Taxi
  • Film / The Good, the Bad, the Weird Quick Draw Quick Nip The Quiet One: Do-won Rasputinian Death: All three main characters take about a dozen bullets before going down.
  • In Nip and Tuck, two feuding boys deny that they stopped feuding and settled down because of this; mutual Blackmail, instead, over girlie hobbies.
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