Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nipping at

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
nip-ping at
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of nip at

Questions

What does nipping at mean?
present participle and gerund of nip at

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