See nip in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To grasp at (something) eagerly, forcibly, and abruptly with the jaws:
catch, snap, snatch, strike. See reachTo spoil or destroy:
blast, blight, dash. See help- (Slang)
To take (another's property) without permission:
filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve. (Informal) lift, swipe. (Slang) cop, heist, hook, pinch, rip off, snitch. Idiom: make (or walk) off with. See crimes, give - (Chiefly British)
To move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt2, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour2, shoot, speed, sprint, tear1, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. (Informal) hotfoot, rip. (Slang) barrel, highball. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step (or jump) on it. See move
noun
- (Informal)
A small amount of liquor:
dram, drop, jigger, shot, sip, tot1. (Informal) slug1. (Slang) snort. See big, ingestion
verb
- (Informal)
To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually:
drink, guzzle, imbibe, tipple. (Informal) soak. (Slang) booze, lush2, tank up. Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle . See drugs
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