In dictionaries:
nips off
nips in the bud
Stops something at early stage.
Cheese Nips
(originally stylized as "Cheese-Nips") a small cheese-flavored cracker manufactured by Mondelez International under its brand, Nabisco, they were originally used to compete against Sunshine Biscuit's (now Kellogg's) Cheez-It crackers.
Sugar nips
A large pair of pincers with sharp blades, designed to cut sugar from a block (a sugar-loaf).
it can be bought in nips
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