Might mean (unverified): Bite or pinch lightly, repeatedly.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (nip at)

verb:  To bite or pinch with small actions.
verb:  (of poor weather) To be cold; to be bitingly cold.
verb:  (idiomatic) To sip a drink (usually alcoholic) in small amounts.

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