Hyphenation of nipping

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word nipping? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

nip-ping

Definitions of nipping:

1.	Squeeze tightly between the fingers He pinched her behind She squeezed the bottle
2.	Give a small sharp bite to The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles
3.	Sever or remove by pinching or snipping Nip off the flowers
4.	Capable of wounding A barbed compliment A biting aphorism Pungent satire
5.	Pleasantly cold and invigorating Crisp clear nights and frosty mornings A nipping wind A nippy fall day Snappy weather

Synonyms of nipping:

adj	barbed, biting, pungent, mordacious, sarcastic
adj	crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy, parky, cold

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.