"nipping" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nippings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nipping (plural nippings)
  1. The act or sensation of giving a nip.
    Sense id: en-nipping-en-noun-E~PeyVls Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} nipping
  1. present participle and gerund of nip Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: nip
    Sense id: en-nipping-en-verb-K6Mn64pL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 779:",
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