Nip

See also: nip, NIP, and níp

English

Etymology

Clipping of Nipponese, derived from Nippon, from Japanese 日本 (Nippon).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nĭp, IPA(key): /nɪp/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

Nip (plural Nips)

  1. (dated, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Japanese person.
    • 1944 October 11, “Sino Counterblows Send Nips Reeling”, in The Stars and Stripes Mediterranean‎[1], Italy, →OCLC, page 1:
      CHUNGKING, Oct. 10—Chinese counterblows against the Japanese offensive in south China have reeled the Nips back from two towns in the approaches to Kweilin, capital city of Kwangsi Province, today’s Chinese High Command communique announced.

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Adjective

Nip (not comparable)

  1. (dated, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Japanese.

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French Nippes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nip/

Proper noun

Nip

  1. Nippes (A department of Haiti, formerly part of Grand'Anse department; capital: Miragoâne)
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