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Nip and tuck   /nɪp ənd tək/   Listen
Nip and tuck

noun
1.
Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.  Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty.






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"Nip and tuck" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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



Words linked to "Nip and tuck" :   nose job, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty, inconclusive, rhinoplasty



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