It's a plant bud you're nipping - you nip or cut it off to stop the plant from growing in that area.
Stay out of that yard, or their dog might nip you. During winter time, Jack Frost may nip at your nose.
To nip something in the bud means to stop it before it starts. A bud is the new growth of a plant - that little rounded green ball on the end of a stem. To nip means to pinch something off. So if you pinch off the little green shoot, the branch won't grow - you have nipped it off in the bud.
synonyms for nibble would include: chew, nip, gnaw, or bite
I've heard that the origin of "There's a nip in the air" dates back to the 2nd World War when the Allies were fighting the Japanese in the jungle. Patrols never new where the enemy was until they were only metres away. Some soldiers felt that they had an intuitive 6th sense that the enemy was close because they felt a cold shiver run down their spine. This cold, deathly shiver led them to warn their comrades of their suspicion by saying "I feel a nip in the air". "Nip" being a shortening of Nippon (in reference to Japan). The phrase continued to be used after the war when one felt particularly cold weather.
It means by a very small margin, as in "it was nip and tuck whether we would win the game or not."
The word means a number of things. A nip can mean to take a drink of an alcoholic beverage. It could also refer to pinching the nipples, or to intimate kissing.
it means you r on the go fast
I means stop it before it gets to big.
A Nip.
"nip it in the bud" means to stop something at an early stage before it becomes a larger problem. It does not mean to continue or think about it, but rather to take action to prevent further development or growth of the issue.
It's a plant bud you're nipping - you nip or cut it off to stop the plant from growing in that area.
Nip Pellew was born in 1893.
Nip Winters was born in 1899.
Nip Pellew died in 1981.
Nip Barua died in 1992, in Gauhati, Assam, India.
"Nip/Tuck" was canceled in 2010.