The word "nip" is a formal English word and can be used in both speech and writing
It is an informal verb meaning "to take a quick drink or snack." For example: "I need to nip for a cup of coffee before my meeting starts."
There's good food on site, or you can nip around the corner to Fifteen or The Beach Hut, then take a walk in the bay or on the South West Coast Path.
Offering repayment plans and discussing ways they can help consumers will nip issues in the bud and remove the need to complain.
My father was rather resentful that I'd nip upstairs, leaving him in the kitchen.
Taylor was trapped lbw by one which seemed to nip back, and three balls later Riki Wessels edged to second slip.
Maybe the two of them should nip over to the Merrion Hotel and ask to speak to three foreign gentlemen staying there to check if they agree with that analysis.
Monitoring the chatter, however, may nip such an epidemic in the bud.
Ants nip the feet of marauding grasshoppers and protect cotton in Guatemala from the boll weevil.
Since then she has been quick to nip any scandal in the bud.
Night owls could nip next door for a "midnight matinée" of Shakespeare's "A Comedy of Errors" at the Globe theatre.Getting around London late at night used to be expensive or time-consuming.
In a small country with fairly open borders, that encourages a lot of Swiss families to nip across the border to buy their groceries more cheaply.Chart 5 shows how Swiss price levels in particular sectors compare with the EU average.
At races he spends most of his time hidden behind the tinted windows of the personalised executive coach that serves as his mobile office, though he has been known to nip into a helicopter for an aerial view to check that the size of the crowd matches the gate money declared by the circuit bosses.
