nipless

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adjective

With a nip or nips (in various senses).

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Meanings

adjectivenipless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith a nip or nips (in various senses).

    Just to spite himself, he stowed the bottle away in his bag and went nipless to bed.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 16
    2 more examples

    [A]ll of these series of springs were built with leaves that were practically "nipless".

    1918, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 185, Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute, page 491

    Nipless. Remember the lad who smashed a Spencer st. wine saloon window to get his weekend nip?

    1952 May 1, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2

Origin

From nip + -less.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pinless
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APA

nipless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nipless

MLA

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Chicago

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