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noun

Nip n.

A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.

A pinch with the nails or teeth.

A small cut, or a cutting off the end.

A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.

A biting sarcasm; a taunt.

(Naut.) A short turn in a rope.

Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest; as, it was nip and tuck right to the last minute of play. (Low, U.S.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nip and tuck" Quotes from Famous Books

... second place, but it was not until September 6th that the "Giants" led the "Champions," and then only by the percentage figures of .652 to .646. Baltimore leading at that date with but .676, so it will be seen that the fight between those three was nip and tuck after the end of August. At that time the "Phillies," the Brooklyns and the Clevelands were struggling equally hard for fourth place, the "Phillies" leading, with Brooklyn fifth and Cleveland sixth. By this time Washington had ...

— Spalding's Baseball Guide and Official League Book for 1895 • Edited by Henry Chadwick

... a second to spare. The two long-haired fellows came nip and tuck. I see yet their long deer-hunters' rifles. But I remembered my pledge to this man's wife, and proudly found I had the nerve to hold the trigger still unpressed when at the apron of the bridge the rascals caught their first full sight of us as we sat humpshouldered, eye to eye, like one ...

— The Cavalier • George Washington Cable

... into the timber, and fought. It was nip and tuck. No friends were at hand. But Simon was still too young; down he went, under the rain of blows, and Leitchman, taunting him with the loss of his sweetheart, proceeded to "give him ...

— Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters • Edwin L. Sabin

... nip and tuck across to the Contra Costa Hills, neither of us seeming to gain or to lose. But by the time we had made the return tack to the Sonoma Hills, we could see that, while we footed it at about equal speed, Demetrios had eaten ...

— Tales of the Fish Patrol • Jack London